Maireana

Maireana
Maireana sedifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Subfamily:	Camphorosmoideae
Genus:	Maireana Moq.

Maireana is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus Kochia. The generic name is derived from the 19th century French botanist Charles Antoine Lemaire.^[1]

Species include^[2] :

• Maireana amoena (Diels) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana aphylla (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson - Cotton Bush or Leafless Bluebush
• Maireana appressa (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana astrotricha (L.A.S.Johnson) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana atkinsiana (W.Fitzg.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana campanulata Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana cannonii (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana cheelii (R.H.Anderson) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana ciliata (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana convexa Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana coronata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana decalvans (Gand.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana dichoptera (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana diffusa Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana enchylaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana eriantha (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana erioclada (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana eriosphaera Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana georgei (Diels) Paul G.Wilson - Slit-wing Bluebush or Satiny Bluebush
• Maireana glomerifolia (F.Muell. & Tate) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana humillima (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana integra (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana lanosa (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana lobiflora (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana luehmannii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana marginata (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana melanocarpa Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana melanocoma (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana microcarpa (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana microphylla (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana murrayana (Ewart & B.Rees) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana oppositifolia (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana ovata (Ising) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana pentatropis (Tate) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana planifolia (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana platycarpa Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana polypterygia (Diels) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana prosthecochaeta (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana pyramidata (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana radiata (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana rohrlachii (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana schistocarpa Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana scleroptera (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana sedifolia (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson - Pearl Bluebush
• Maireana sp. Patience (C.P.Campbell 1052) WA Herbarium
• Maireana sp. Rainbow Valley (A91207) NT Herbarium
• Maireana spongiocarpa (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana stipitata Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana thesioides (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana tomentosa Moq.
• Maireana trichoptera (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana triptera (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana turbinata Paul G.Wilson
• Maireana villosa (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson

References

1. ^ Elliot RW, Jones DL, Blake T (1993). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation:Volume 6 - K-M. Port Melbourne: Lothian Press. pp. p. 279. ISBN 0-85091-589-9. 
2. ^ "Maireana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Maireana. Retrieved 2010-01-09. 

• "Maireana ". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21360. 
• PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online: Genus Maireana