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Leptinella
Leptinella is a genus of alpine flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, comprising 33 species, distributed in New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America. Many of the species are endemic to New Zealand.
For over 100 years, Leptinella species were considered part of the genus Cotula, but the genus Leptinella was reinstated by Lloyd & Webb in 1987. They determined that all species of Leptinella are distinguished from those of the other two sections of Cotula, and other Anthemideae, by the conspicuous "inflated" corollas of the female florets and by chromosome numbers based on x = 26 where known.
Hairless Leptinella · Mountain Cotula · Slender button daisy · Leptinella lanata · Button Daisy · Leptinella plumosa · Leptinella pyrethrifolia · Buttonweed · New Zealand Brass Buttons
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