Ptilotus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Ptilotus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ptilotus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ptilotus
Ptilotus is a genus of approximately 125 species of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, and is endemic to Australia, apart from Ptilotus conicus that also occurs in Malesia. Plants in the genus Ptilotus are annual or perennial herbs or shrubs with usually hairy spikes of compact spherical, oval or cylindrical flowers.
...Ptilotus in languages:
- English
- pussy tails
- English
- mulla mulla
- English
- fox tails
- English
- lamb's tails
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Achyranthes
- Achyropsis
- Aerva
- Allmania
- Allmaniopsis
- Amaranthus
- Arthraerua
- Bosea
- Calicorema
- Celosia
- Centema
- Centemopsis
- Centrostachys
- Chamissoa
- Charpentiera
- Chionothrix
- Cyathula
- Cyphocarpa
- Dasysphaera
- Deeringia
- Digera
- Eriostylos
- Henonia
- Hermbstaedtia
- Lagrezia
- Lopriorea
- Marcelliopsis
- Mechowia
- Nelsia
- Neocentema
- Nothosaerva
- Nototrichium
- Nyssanthes
- Pandiaka
- Pleuropterantha
- Polyrhabda
- Psilotrichum
- Ptilotus
- Pupalia
- Rosifax
- Saltia
- Sericocoma
- Sericocomopsis
- Sericorema
- Sericostachys
- Stilbanthus
- Volkensinia
- Wadithamnus
Child Taxa
- Ptilotus actinocladus
- Ptilotus aervoides
- Ptilotus albidus
- Ptilotus alexandri
- Ptilotus andersonii
- Ptilotus angustifolius
- Ptilotus aphyllus
- Ptilotus appendiculatus
- Ptilotus aristatus
- Ptilotus arthrolasius
- Ptilotus astrolasius
- Ptilotus auriculifolius
- Ptilotus axillaris
- Ptilotus barkeri
- Ptilotus beardii
- Ptilotus beckerianus
- Ptilotus benlii
- Ptilotus blackii
- Ptilotus brachyanthus
- Ptilotus calostachyus
- Ptilotus capensis
- Ptilotus capitatus
- Ptilotus carinatus
- Ptilotus carlsonii
- Ptilotus chamaecladus
- Ptilotus chippendalei
- Ptilotus chortophytus
- Ptilotus chrysocomus
- Ptilotus clementii
- Ptilotus clivicola
- Ptilotus comatus
- Ptilotus conicus
- Ptilotus corymbosus
- Ptilotus crispus
- Ptilotus crosslandii
- Ptilotus daphne
- Ptilotus davisii
- Ptilotus decalvatus
- Ptilotus decipiens
- Ptilotus declinatus
- Ptilotus disparilis
- Ptilotus dissitiflorus
- Ptilotus distans
- Ptilotus divaricatus
- Ptilotus drummondii
- Ptilotus eremita
- Ptilotus eriotrichus
- Ptilotus erubescens
- Ptilotus esquamatus
- Ptilotus exaltatus
- Ptilotus exiliflorus
- Ptilotus extenuatus
- Ptilotus falcatus
- Ptilotus fasciculatus
- Ptilotus fusiformis
- Ptilotus gardneri
- Ptilotus gaudichaudii
- Ptilotus giganteus
- Ptilotus gomphrenoides
- Ptilotus grandiflorus
- Ptilotus halophilus
- Ptilotus helichrysoides
- Ptilotus helipteroides
- Ptilotus holosericeus
- Ptilotus humilis
- Ptilotus incanus
- Ptilotus indivisus
- Ptilotus johnstonianus
- Ptilotus kenneallyanus
- Ptilotus lanatus
- Ptilotus latifolius
- Ptilotus lazaridis
- Ptilotus leucocoma
- Ptilotus lophotrichus
- Ptilotus luteolus
- Ptilotus maconochiei
- Ptilotus macrocephalus
- Ptilotus manglesii
- Ptilotus marduguru
- Ptilotus mitchellii
- Ptilotus modestus
- Ptilotus mollis
- Ptilotus murrayi
- Ptilotus nobilis
- Ptilotus obovatus
- Ptilotus parviflorus
- Ptilotus parvifolius
- Ptilotus pedleyanus
- Ptilotus polakii
- Ptilotus polystachyus
- Ptilotus procumbens
- Ptilotus propinquus
- Ptilotus pseudohelipteroides
- Ptilotus psilorhachis
- Ptilotus pyramidatus
- Ptilotus remotiflorus
- Ptilotus rigidus
- Ptilotus robynsianus
- Ptilotus roei
- Ptilotus rotundatus
- Ptilotus rotundifolius
- Ptilotus royceanus
- Ptilotus schwartzii
- Ptilotus semilanatus
- Ptilotus seminudus
- Ptilotus sericostachyus
- Ptilotus sessilifolius
- Ptilotus spathulatus
- Ptilotus spicatus
- Ptilotus stipitatus
- Ptilotus stirlingii
- Ptilotus subspinescens
- Ptilotus symonii
- Ptilotus tetrandrus
- Ptilotus trichocephalus
- Ptilotus uncinellus
- Ptilotus villosiflorus
- Ptilotus whitei
- Ptilotus wilsonii
- Ptilotus xerophilus
- Ptilotus yapukaratja