Maireana

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