# Maireana

Maireana is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia.

## Taxonomy

Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus Kochia. The genus was described in 1840 by the botanist, Moquin-Tandon and named to honour Joseph François Maire (1780-1867), an amateur botanist who befriended him during the author's first visit to Paris in 1834. The type species is Maireana tomentosa.
Species include:
* Maireana amoena (Diels) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana aphylla (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson- Cotton bush or leafless bluebush
* Maireana appressa (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana astrotricha (L.A.S.Johnson) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana atkinsiana (W.Fitzg.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson- Small-leaf bluebush
* Maireana campanulata Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana cannonii (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana carnosa (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana cheelii (R.H.Anderson) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana ciliata (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana convexa Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana coronata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana decalvans (Gand.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana dichoptera (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana diffusa Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana enchylaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana eriantha (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana erioclada (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana eriosphaera Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana georgei (Diels) Paul G.Wilson- Slit-wing bluebush or satiny bluebush
* Maireana glomerifolia (F.Muell. & Tate) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana humillima (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana integra (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana lanosa (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana lobiflora (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana luehmannii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana marginata (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana melanocarpa Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana melanocoma (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana microcarpa (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana microphylla (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana murrayana (Ewart & B.Rees) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana obrienii N.G.Walsh
* Maireana oppositifolia (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana ovata (Ising) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana pentagona (R.H.Anderson) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana pentatropis (Tate) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana planifolia (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana platycarpa Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana polypterygia (Diels) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana prosthecochaeta (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana pyramidata (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana radiata (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana rohrlachii (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana schistocarpa Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana scleroptera (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana sedifolia (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson- Pearl bluebush
* Maireana sp. Patience (C.P.Campbell 1052) WA Herbarium
* Maireana sp. Rainbow Valley (A91207) NT Herbarium
* Maireana spongiocarpa (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana stipitata Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana suaedifolia (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana thesioides (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana tomentosa Moq.
* Maireana trichoptera (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana triptera (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana turbinata Paul G.Wilson
* Maireana villosa (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson