Transfer of Cotula alpina to the genus Leptinella (Asteraceae: Anthemideae)
Alexander N. Schmidt-Lebuhn,
Alicia Grealy
Abstract:Tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae) is represented in Australia by only nine indigenous species of Cotula and Leptinella. The generic placement of Cotula alpina (Hook.f.) Hook.f. is considered problematic, because it shares the stoloniferous and scapose habit of Leptinella, but lacks corollas in female florets, a trait traditionally considered defining of Cotula. A previous phylogenetic analysis of Leptinella using ITS and chloroplast data showed that the species nested in that genus, but some uncertainty remained … Show more
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