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Taxonomy, biogeography and evolution of plants
Australian Systematic Botany

Australian Systematic Botany

Volume 37 Number 4 2024

SB23028Elachanthus, Isoetopsis and Kippistia are nested in the genus Minuria (Asteraceae: Astereae)

Alexander N. Schmidt-Lebuhn 0000-0002-7402-8941, Stephanie H. Chen 0000-0001-8844-6864 and Alicia Grealy

Photographs of Minuria cunninghamii, Minuria leptophylla and Isoetopsis gramninifolia.

We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of Minuria and related genera and found that Elachanthus, Isoetopsis, and Kippistia phylogenetically nested in Minuria. Before 1980, Kippistia had long been considered part of Minuria. Morphological examination showed many similarities between Eleachanthus, Isoetopsis, and annual species of Minuria. We publish new combinations for four species, synonymising the three smaller genera. (Image credit: Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn.)

This article belongs to the collection Genomics for Australian Plants.

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