Conostylis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Conostylis setigera.jpg |image_caption = ''Conostylis setigera'' |taxon = Conostylis |authority = R.Br.<ref name=apni>{{APNI2|id=77089|name=''Conostylis''}}</ref><ref name=br>Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 300</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }} [[File:Conostylis aculeata.jpg|thumb|''Conostylis aculeata'']]

'''''Conostylis''''' is a genus of perennial herbs in the Haemodoraceae family, commonly known as '''cone flowers'''. All species are endemic to the south west of Western Australia.

==Description== They have leathery, strap-like leaves which arise from the base of the plant, sometimes from underground rhizomes. Flowers usually occur in clusters (sometimes singly) on stalks which emerge from the bases of the leaves.<ref name=anpsa>{{cite web|title=''Conostylis candicans''|url=http://anpsa.org.au/c-can.html|publisher=Australian Native Plant Society (Australia)|accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> Individual flowers have a short stalk with six tepals which are either cream, yellow, orange or purple. The tepals join to form a short tube at the base with six similar stamens attached at the top of the tube.<ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=''Conostylis'' |id=21229 }}</ref>

==Taxonomy== The genus is the most speciose of the Haemodoraceae family, and one of six genera which only occur in the Southwest Australia bioregion; they are closely related to the well-known kangaroo paws, species of ''Anigozanthos'' and ''Macropidia''.<ref name="Hopper1993">{{cite book |last1=Hopper |first1=Stephen |last2=Wells |first2=B. & B. (photography) |last3=Pieroni |first3=M. (illustration) |title=Kangaroo paws and catspaws; a natural history and field guide |date=1993 |publisher=CALM |location=Perth}}</ref> ''Conostylis'' was described by Robert Brown, published in his ''Prodromus'' of Australian flora in 1810. No type species was provided by the author.<ref name="apni" /> The genus name ''Conostylis'' is derived from Ancient Greek terms for 'cone' and 'column, style', a reference to the conical shape of the style's tip.<ref name="FloraBase" />

=== Species list === The following is a list of ''Conostylis'' species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of October 2023:<ref name="APClist">{{cite web |title=''Conostylis'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Conostylis&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> *''Conostylis aculeata'' R.Br. – prickly conostylis *''Conostylis albescens'' Hopper *''Conostylis androstemma'' F.Muell. – trumpets *''Conostylis angustifolia'' Hopper *''Conostylis argentea'' (J.W.Green) Hopper *''Conostylis aurea'' Lindl. – golden conostylis *''Conostylis bealiana'' F.Muell. *''Conostylis bracteata'' Lindl. *''Conostylis breviscapa'' R.Br. *''Conostylis candicans'' Endl. – grey cottonhead *''Conostylis canteriata'' Hopper *''Conostylis caricina'' Lindl. *''Conostylis crassinerva'' J.W.Green *''Conostylis deplexa'' J.W.Green *''Conostylis dielsii'' W.Fitzg. *''Conostylis drummondii'' Benth. – Drummond's conostylis *''Conostylis festucacea'' Endl. *''Conostylis hiemalis'' Hopper *''Conostylis juncea'' Endl. *''Conostylis latens'' Hopper *''Conostylis laxiflora'' Benth. *''Conostylis lepidospermoides'' Hopper *''Conostylis micrantha'' Hopper – small-flowered conostylis *''Conostylis misera'' Endl. – grass conostylis *''Conostylis neocymosa'' Hopper *''Conostylis pauciflora'' Hopper – Dawesville conostylis *''Conostylis petrophiloides'' F.Muell. ex Benth. *''Conostylis phathyrantha'' Diels *''Conostylis prolifera'' Benth. – mat cottonheads *''Conostylis pusilla'' Endl. *''Conostylis resinosa'' Hopper *''Conostylis robusta'' Diels *''Conostylis rogeri'' Hopper *''Conostylis seminuda'' Hopper *''Conostylis seorsiflora'' F.Muell. *''Conostylis serrulata'' R.Br. *''Conostylis setigera'' R.Br. – bristly cottonhead *''Conostylis setosa'' Lindl. – white cottonhead *''Conostylis stylidioides'' F.Muell. *''Conostylis teretifolia'' J.W.Green *''Conostylis teretiuscula'' F.Muell. *''Conostylis tomentosa'' Hopper *''Conostylis vaginata'' Endl. – sheath conostylis *''Conostylis villosa'' Benth. *''Conostylis wonganensis'' Hopper – Wongan conostylis

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Category:Conostylis Category:Commelinales of Australia Category:Angiosperms of Western Australia Category:Commelinales genera Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Category:Plants described in 1810 Category:Endemic flora of Southwest Australia