Brachyglottis#Diversity

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia 11.JPG

|image_caption = Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Brachyglottis

|authority = J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = About 39

|synonyms = Urostemon B.Nord.

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web

|url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1656

|title = Genus: Brachyglottis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

|access-date = 2008-04-10

|author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)

|author-link = Germplasm Resources Information Network

|date = 1996-09-17

|work = Taxonomy for Plants

|publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100528142728/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1656

|archive-date = 2010-05-28

|url-status = dead

}}

}}

Brachyglottis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus was erected on November 29, 1775,{{cite web

| url = http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Brachyglottis

| title = Index Nominum Genericorum database

| access-date = 2008-04-10

| date = 1996-02-09

| work = ING Database - Smithsonian Institution

}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.bgbm.org/scripts/asp/IAPT/ncugentry.asp?name=Brachyglottis

| title = Brachyglottis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

| access-date = 2008-04-10

| author = Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem

| author-link = Botanical Garden in Berlin

| date = 1997-09-24

| work = NCU-3e. Names in current use for extant plant genera

| publisher = Freie Universität Berlin

}} by Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster. The name was derived from the Greek brachus ("short"){{cite web

| url = https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2320886

| title = bra^chus , eia (Ion. ea Hdt.5.49), u, dat. pl.

| access-date = 2008-04-10

| last = Liddell

| first = H. G.

| author-link = Henry Liddell

|author2=Robert Scott |author-link2=Robert Scott (philologist)

| work = A Greek-English Lexicon

| publisher = Tufts University

}}

and glottis ("the vocal apparatus of the larynx"{{cite web

| url = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/

| title = a lexical database for the English language

| access-date = 2008-02-24

| author = WordNet

| author-link = WordNet

| publisher = Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University

}}) a reference to the size of the ray florets.{{cite book

| last = Coombes

| first = A. J.

| title = Dictionary of Plant Names

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XSuKWCwa3EoC

| access-date = 2008-04-10

| year = 1985

| publisher = Timber Press

| isbn = 0-88192-294-3

| pages = 207 pages

| chapter = Section 1

| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XSuKWCwa3EoC&pg=PA26

}}

The genus is almost entirely native to New Zealand, except for B. brunonis, which occurs in Tasmania.{{Cite journal |jstor = 25064027|title = Phylogeny and Classification of Brachyglottis (Senecioneae, Asteraceae): An Example of a Rapid Species Radiation in New Zealand|last1 = Wagstaff|first1 = Steven J.|last2 = Breitwieser|first2 = Ilse|journal = Systematic Botany|year = 2004|volume = 29|issue = 4|pages = 1003–1010|doi = 10.1600/0363644042450991|s2cid = 86053441}}

In cultivation in the UK, the cultivar 'Sunshine' has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/86133/Brachyglottis-(Dunedin-Group)-Sunshine/Details

| title = Brachyglottis (Dunedin Group) 'Sunshine' | website = www.rhs.org | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 12 April 2020}}