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Siloxerus
Sign in to saveSiloxerus is a genus of Australian plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus usually have leaves in a rosette at the base of the plant or sessile stem leaves, and disc-like compounds heads of bisexual, tube-shaped yellowish flowers. The fruit is an oval, often purplish cypsela with a scaly white pappus.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Siloxerus, and connects out to Asteraceae, plant and Wikidata.
It is catalogued under topics including Asteraceae genera, Endemic flora of Australia and Gnaphalieae.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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- Parent taxon
- Gnaphalieae
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- Siloxerus humifusus.jpg
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Siloxerus is a genus of Australian plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus usually have leaves in a rosette at the base of the plant or sessile stem leaves, and disc-like compounds heads of bisexual, tube-shaped yellowish flowers. The fruit is an oval, often purplish cypsela with a scaly white pappus.
The following species of Siloxerus are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of November 2025: Siloxerus filifolius (Benth.) Ostenf. Siloxerus humifusus Labill. Siloxerus multiflorus (Nees) Entwisle Siloxerus pygmaeus (A.Gray) P.S.Short Siloxerus tomentosus (J.C.Wendl.) Ostenf.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siloxerus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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