podotheca

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|image = Podotheca chrysantha - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg

|image_caption = Podotheca chrysantha

|image2 = Podotheca gnaphalioides - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg

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|image2_caption = Podotheca gnaphalioides

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|taxon = Podotheca

|authority = Cass., conserved name{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=PODOTHECA|title=Podotheca Cass.|accessdate=2009-01-25|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}

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  • Podosperma Labill.

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Podotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. All species are endemic to Western Australia, except for Podotheca angustifolia which occurs across the south of Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, southwestern New South Wales, †Tasmania).{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Podotheca |title=Genus Podotheca |accessdate=2009-01-25 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Podotheca+angustifolia# Atlas of Living Australia]

Taxonomy

The genus, Podotheca, was first described by Cassini in 1822 and the type species is Podotheca angustifolia (Labill.) Less.

; Species{{FloraBase|name=Podotheca |id=22270 }}

; formerly included

see Rhodanthe

References

{{Reflist|30em|refs=

Cassini, A.H.G. de in Cuvier, F. (ed.) (1822) Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles Edn. 2, 23: 561

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Category:Asteraceae genera

Category:Endemic flora of Australia

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