Hullsia Explained

Hullsia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[1] It only contains one species, Hullsia argillicola.^[2]

It is native to Australia, mainly the states of Northern Territory and Western Australia,^[2] and it grows on heavy clay soils. Located in regions that flood frequently, such as plains, paddocks and swamps.^[3]

Description

Subsucculent perennial, herb (with a well-developed taproot), it grows up to 1m (03feet) high. It has yellow flowers.^[3]

Taxonomy

The genus name of Hullsia is in honour of Charles Stephen Hulls (c. 1835–1923), accompanied John McKinlay explorer and cattle grazier, on expeditions in Australia.^[4] The Latin specific epithet of argillicola means dwelling on clay, or 'argillicolous'.^[5] Due to the fact it was found in the clay soils of northern Australia.^[6]

Both genus and species were first described and published by Philip Sydney Short in Muelleria Vol.20 on page 58 in 2004.^{[6] [2]}

The genus was once thought to be part of the Brachyscome genus.^[7]

Hullsia argillicola was verified by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 20 November 2019.^[8]

Other sources

• Barrie, F. R. 2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1212. Note: Committee recommends that it should not be treated as a homonym of Hulsea Torr. & A. Gray
• Brummitt, R. K. 2009. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 60. Taxon 58:289-290. Note: Committee recommends that it should not be treated as a homonym of Hulsea Torr. & A. Gray

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hullsia P.S.Short Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 3 October 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Hullsia argillicola P.S.Short Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 3 October 2021 . en.
3. Web site: Hullsia argillicola P.S.Short . florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au . Western Australian Herbarium Biodiversity and Conservation Science . 3 October 2021 . en.
4. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.
5. Web site: A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin . www.mobot.org . 3 October 2021.
6. Short . P.S. . Three new genera of Australian Astereae (Asteraceae) . Muelleria . January 2004 . 20 . 53–66. 10.5962/p.291370 . free .
7. Joachim W. Kadereit and Charles Jeffrey (Editors)
8. Web site: GRIN-Global ; Genus Hullsia P. S. Short . npgsweb.ars-grin.gov . 3 October 2021.