Cymbonotus

Cymbonotus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae from southern Australia. Three species are recognised. The type species is C. lawsonianus of eastern Australia, commonly known as bear's ears.

Cymbonotus
Cymbonotus lawsonianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Vernonioideae
Tribe:	Arctotideae
Subtribe:	Arctotidinae
Genus:	Cymbonotus Cassini
Type species
Cymbonotus lawsonianus
Species
Cymbonotus lawsonianus Gaudich. (type species) Cymbonotus maidenii (Beauverd) A.E.Holland & V.A.Funk Cymbonotus preissianus Steetz in Lehmann

Molecular studies of African genera and C. lawsonianus showed the genus to be very closely related to the genera Arctotis and Haplocarpha, suggesting they must have been dispersed across the Indian Ocean to Australia somehow.^[1]