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Kippistia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4] The name commemorates Richard Kippist, librarian to the Linnean Society.[5]

Kippistia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Brachyscominae
Genus:	Kippistia F.Muell. 1858 not Miers 1872 (Celastraceae)[1]
Species:	K. suaedifolia
Binomial name
Kippistia suaedifolia F.Muell.
Synonyms[2]
Minuria suaedifolia (F.Muell.) Bailey Theropogon suaedifolia (F.Muell.) Kuntze

There is only one known species, Kippistia suaedifolia, native to Australia. It is found in every state and territory in the country except Tasmania.[2][6][7]

Taxonomy

Although Kippistia is currently considered a monotypic taxon, in 1872, John Miers used the same name to describe some South American plants in the Celastraceae. Miers was aware that Ferdinand von Mueller had already applied the name to some very different Australian plants.[8] Therefore, Miers' names needed to be changed:

• Kippistia cognata Miers - Cheiloclinium cognatum (Miers) A.C.Sm.
• Kippistia diffusiflora Miers - Cheiloclinium diffusiflorum (Miers) A.C.Sm.
• Kippistia organensis Miers - Cheiloclinium serratum (Cambess.) A.C.Sm.
• Kippistia serrata (Cambess.) Miers - Cheiloclinium serratum (Cambess.) A.C.Sm.

References

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