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Cymbonotus

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Cymbonotus
Cymbonotus lawsonianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Arctotideae
Subtribe: Arctotidinae
Genus: Cymbonotus
Cassini
Type species
Cymbonotus lawsonianus
Species

Cymbonotus lawsonianus Gaudich. (type species)
Cymbonotus maidenii (Beauverd) A.E.Holland & V.A.Funk
Cymbonotus preissianus Steetz in Lehmann

Cymbonotus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae from southern Australia. Three species are recognised. The type species is C. lawsonianus of eastern Australia, commonly known as bear's ears.

Molecular studies of African genera and C. lawsonianus showed the genus to be very closely related to the genera Arctotis and Haplocarpha, suggesting they must have been dispersed across the Indian Ocean to Australia somehow.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Robert J. McKenzie4, Elizabeth M. Muller, Amy K. W. Skinner, Per Ola Karis and Nigel P. Barker, R. J.; Muller, E. M.; Skinner, A. K. W.; Karis, P. O.; Barker, N. P. (2006). "Phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation in subtribe Arctotidinae (Asteraceae: Arctotideae) inferred by DNA sequence data from ITS and five chloroplast regions". American Journal of Botany. 93 (8): 1222–35. doi:10.3732/ajb.93.8.1222. PMID 21642186.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)