Stylidium sect. Andersonia

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Stylidium sect. Andersonia
Stylidium tenerum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Genus: Stylidium
Subgenus: Stylidium subg. Andersonia
Section: Stylidium sect. Andersonia
R.Br. ex G.Don
Species

Stylidium accedens
Stylidium candelabrum
Stylidium divergens
Stylidium ensatum
Stylidium kunthii
Stylidium lobuliflorum
Stylidium muscicola
Stylidium pachyrrhizum
Stylidium schizanthum
Stylidium simulans
Stylidium stenophyllum
Stylidium tenerum
Stylidium uliginosum

Stylidium section Andersonia is a taxonomic rank under Stylidium subgenus Andersonia. In 2000, A.R. Bean published a taxonomic revision of subgenus Andersonia and placed species within sections in the subgenus Andersonia, thus creating this autonym section. It contains 13 species. It is distinguished from the other sections in the subgenus by the inflorescences arising from leafless scapes, emerging from a basal or cauline cluster of broad leaves. The species in this section represent distributions from Southeast Asia, Malesia, tropical Australia, southern Queensland, and northern New South Wales.[1]

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  1. ^ Bean, A.R. (2000). A revision of Stylidium subg. Andersonia (R.Br. ex G.Don) Mildbr. (Stylidiaceae). Austrobaileya 5(4): 589-649.