Cotula moseleyi
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| Drawing of Nightingale brassbuttons (Cotula moseleyi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cotula |
| Species: | C. moseleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cotula moseleyi | |
Cotula moseleyi, also known as Nightingale brassbuttons, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It has been found only in the Tristan da Cunha chain of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. Its natural habitats are subantarctic forests, subantarctic grassland, rocky shores, and hillsides. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b Jakubowsky, G.; et al. (University of Vienna, Institute of Botany) (2003). "Cotula moseleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43906A10835780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43906A10835780.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Christopherson, E. 1968: Flowering plants from Tristan da Cunha. Results of the Norwegian scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937-1938 55: 1-29.
- ^ Groves, E.W. 1981: Vascular plant collections from the Tristan da Cunha group of islands. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany series 8(4): 333-420.
- ^ Roux, J. P., Ryan, P. G., Milton, S. J. and Moloney C. L. 1992: Vegetation and checklist of Inaccessible Island, central South Atlantic Ocean, with notes on Nightingale Island. Bothalia 22 (1): 93-109.
- ^ Hemsley, William Botting 1884. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76: under the command of Captain George S. Nares and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson vol 1, part 2, page 152