Podotheca

For 'podotheca' in the ornithological sense, see Bird feet and legs.

Podotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. All species are endemic to Western Australia, except for Podotheca angustifolia which occurs across the south of Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, southwestern New South Wales, †Tasmania).^[4][5]

Podotheca
Podotheca chrysantha
Podotheca gnaphalioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Gnaphalieae
Genus:	Podotheca Cass., conserved name[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Podosperma Labill.

Taxonomy

The genus, Podotheca, was first described by Cassini in 1822 and the type species is Podotheca angustifolia (Labill.) Less.^[1]

Species^[3][6]

• Podotheca angustifolia (Labill.) Less. - sticky longheads, sticky heads
• Podotheca chrysantha (Steetz) Benth. - yellow podotheca
• Podotheca gnaphalioides Graham - golden long-heads
• Podotheca pritzelii P.S.Short
• Podotheca uniseta P.S.Short
• Podotheca wilsonii P.S.Short

formerly included^[3]

see Rhodanthe

• Podotheca pollackii (F.Muell.) Diels - Rhodanthe pollackii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson