Brachyglottis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia 11.JPG |image_caption = ''[[Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia]]'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Brachyglottis |authority = [[Johann Reinhold Forster|J.R.Forst.]] & [[Georg Forster|G.Forst.]] |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = About 39 |synonyms = ''Urostemon'' B.Nord. |synonyms_ref = <ref name="GRIN">{{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 = [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|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 }}</ref> }}

'''''Brachyglottis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Asteraceae]]. The genus was erected on November 29, [[1775 in science|1775]],<ref name="ing">{{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]] }}</ref><ref name="NCU-3e">{{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 = [[Free University of Berlin|Freie Universität Berlin]] }}</ref> by [[Johann Reinhold Forster]] and [[Georg Forster]]. The name was derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''brachus'' ("short")<ref name="grlex">{{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]] }}</ref> and ''glottis'' ("the vocal apparatus of the larynx"<ref name='wordnet'>{{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]] }}</ref>) a reference to the size of the ray florets.<ref name="names">{{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 }}</ref>

The genus is almost entirely native to [[New Zealand]], except for ''B. brunonis'', which occurs in [[Tasmania]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In cultivation in the UK, the [[cultivar]] 'Sunshine' has received the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref name = RHSPF>{{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}}</ref> == Etymology == ''Brachyglottis'' comes from the two greek words: ''Brachus,'' meaning short, and ''glottis'' which is the vocal apparatus of the [[larynx]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Brachyglottis repanda|url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/brachyglottis-repanda/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network}}</ref>

==Diversity== [[File:Brachyglottis monroi "Monro's ragwort" (Compositae) leaves.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Brachyglottis monroi]]'']] [[File:Brachyglottis Sunshine B.jpg|thumb|right|''Brachyglottis'' 'Sunshine']] There are about 39 accepted species names.<ref name=pl>[http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Brachyglottis/ ''Brachyglottis''.] The Plant List.</ref> Most species were transferred to the genus from ''[[Senecio]]'' in 1977 and 1978.<ref name="GRINs">{{cite web |url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1656 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20121211230437/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1656 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2012-12-11 |title = GRIN Species Records of ''Brachyglottis'' |access-date = 2008-04-10 |author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) |author-link = Germplasm Resources Information Network |work = Taxonomy for Plants |publisher = [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|ARS]], National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland }}</ref><ref name="nomina">{{cite journal |last = Edgar |first = E. |author-link = Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand) |author2 = H. E. Connor |author-link2 = University of Canterbury |title = Nomina Nova III, 1977–1982 |journal = New Zealand Journal of Botany |volume = 21 |pages = 421–441 |year = 1983 |issue = 4 |id = 0028-825X/83/2104-0421 |doi = 10.1080/0028825x.1983.10428573 |doi-access= free |bibcode = 1983NZJB...21..421E }}</ref>

Species include:<ref name=pl/>

*''[[Brachyglottis adamsii]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis arborescens]]'' – Three Kings rangiora *''[[Brachyglottis bellidioides]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis bidwillii]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis bifistulosa]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis brunonis]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis buchananii]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis caledoniae]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis cassinioides]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis christensenii]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis cockaynei]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis compacta]]'' (Kirk) B.Nord. – Wairarapa groundsel, piecrust plant ** ''Senecio compactus'' Kirk * ''[[Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia]]'' (Hook. f.) B.Nord. **''Senecio elaeagnifolius'' Hook. f. *''[[Brachyglottis forsteri]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis greyi]]'' (Hook. f.) B.Nord. ** ''Senecio greyi'' Hook. f. *''[[Brachyglottis haastii]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis hectorii]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis huntii]]'' (F.Muell.) B.Nord. ** ''Senecio huntii'' F.Muell. * ''[[Brachyglottis lagopus]]'' (Raoul) B.Nord. **''Senecio lagopus'' *''[[Brachyglottis lapidosa]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis laxifolia]]'' (Buchanan) B.Nord. **''Senecio laxifolius'' Buchanan *''[[Brachyglottis matthewsii]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis monroi]]'' (Hook. f.) B.Nord. – Monro's ragwort **''Senecio monroi'' Hook. f. *''[[Brachyglottis myrianthos]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis orbiculatus]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis pentacopa]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis perdicioides]]'' (Hook. f.) B.Nord. **''Senecio perdicioides'' Hook. f. *''[[Brachyglottis remotifolia]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis repanda]]'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. – rangiora, pukapuka, hedge ragwort *''[[Brachyglottis revoluta]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis rotundifolia]]'' – muttonbird scrub * ''[[Brachyglottis saxifragoides]]'' (Hook. f.) B.Nord. **''Senecio saxifragoides'' Hook. f. *''[[Brachyglottis sciadophila]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis southlandica]]'' *''[[Brachyglottis spedenii]]'' * ''[[Brachyglottis stewartiae]]'' (J.B.Armstr.) B.Nord. **''Senecio muelleri'' Kirk **''Senecio stewartiae'' J.B.Armstr. *''[[Brachyglottis traversii]]'' (F.Muell.) B.Nord. *''[[Brachyglottis turneri]]''

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category-inline|Brachyglottis|''Brachyglottis''}}

[[Category:Brachyglottis| ]] [[Category:Asteraceae genera]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]] [[Category:Flora of New Zealand]] [[Category:Taxa named by Georg Forster]] [[Category:Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster]]