Leptorhynchos (plant)

Not to be confused with Leptorhynchos (dinosaur).

Leptorhynchos is a genus of annual or perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae. All species are endemic to Australia.^[2]

Leptorhynchos
Leptorhynchos nitidulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Gnaphalieae
Genus:	Leptorhynchos Less.[1]
Synonyms[1]
List Doratolepis (Benth.) Schltdl. Helichrysum sect. Leptorhynchos (Less.) Baill. Helichrysum sect. Leptorhynchus Baill. orth. var. Leptorhynchos a. Aphanorhynchos Endl. nom. inval. Leptorhynchos sect. Aphanorhynchos DC. nom. inval. Leptorhynchus Benth. orth. var. Leptorrhynchos DC. orth. var. Leptorrhynchus F.Muell. orth. var. Podolepis sect. Doratolepis Benth. Tetrachaeta F.Muell.

Species list

The following is a list of species of Leptorhynchos accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at April 2024:^[3]

• Leptorhynchos baileyi F.Muell. - woolly buttons
• Leptorhynchos elongatus DC. - lanky buttons
• Leptorhynchos melanocarpus Paul G.Wilson
• Leptorhynchos nitidulus DC.
• Leptorhynchos orientalis Paul G.Wilson
• Leptorhynchos scaber (Benth.) Haegi
• Leptorhynchos squamatus (Labill.) Less. – scaly buttons
  • Leptorhynchos squamatus subsp. alpinus Flann
  • Leptorhynchos squamatus (Labill.) Less. subsp. squamatus
• Leptorhynchos tenuifolius F.Muell.
• Leptorhynchos tetrachaetus (Schldl.) J.M.Black - beauty buttons
• Leptorhynchos waitzia Sond. - button immortelle