Asteridea croniniana

Asteridea croniniana is a herb in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia.^[4] It is an annual herb, growing to a height of 8 cm.^[1]

Asteridea croniniana
Conservation status
Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Asteridea
Species:	A. croniniana
Binomial name
Asteridea croniniana (F.Muell.) Kroner[2][3]
Synonyms[4]
Athrixia croniniana F.Muell.

Etymology

It was first validly published in 1888 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Athrixia croniniana,^[2][5] but Mueller gave the first description slightly earlier in the Victorian Naturalist 5: 54, from a specimen found near the source of the Blackwood River by a Miss Cronin, from whom it derives its specific epithet, croniniana.^[6][7] In 1980, G. Kroner assigned it to the genus, Asteridea, giving it the name Asteridea croniniana.^[2][3]