Panaetia

Panaetia
Podolepis lessonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Panaetia
Cass.[1]
Type species
Panaetia lessonii
Species[1]

Panaetia, a genus in the Asteraceae (daisy) family, was first described by Henri Cassini in 1829[2][3] In 2021, the Western Australian Herbarium[4] accepted Jeffery Jeanes new circumscription of the genus,[5] together with two species of Panaetia as being found in Western Australia: Panaetia lessonii,[6] and Panaetia tepperi.[7] Jeanes distinguished Panaetia from the genera, Podolepis, Siemssenia and Walshia, using the following characters:

  1. the outer florets are all tubular; and
  2. the cypselas are minutely tuberculate and lack long finger-like papillae.[5]

The genus is named for the stoic philosopher, Panaetius of Rhodes.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Panaetia Cass". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Panaetia Cass". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. 1 2 Cassini, A.H.G. de (1829). "Panaetia". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 17: 417.
  4. ↑ "Panaetia Cass". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. 1 2 Jeffrey A. Jeanes (2021). "Studies in Podolepis and some related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)" (PDF). Muelleria. 39: 79–112. ISSN 0077-1813. Wikidata Q106035965.
  6. ↑ "Panaetia lessonii Cass". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  7. ↑ "Panaetia tepperi (F.Muell.) Jeanes". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.