The genus
Isopogon was first formally described in 1809 by
Joseph Knight in
On the cultivation of the plants belonging to the natural order of Proteeae, preempting publication of the same name by
Robert Brown in his book
On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae.
Species list The following is a list of species, subspecies and varieties of
Isopogon accepted by the
Australian Plant Census as at November 2020: •
Isopogon adenanthoides Meisn. (W.A.) - spider coneflower •
Isopogon alcicornis Diels (W.A.) - elkhorn coneflower •
Isopogon anemonifolius (
Salisb.) Knight (N.S.W.) - broad-leaved drumsticks •
Isopogon anethifolius (Salisb.) Knight (N.S.W.) - narrow-leaved drumsticks •
Isopogon asper R.Br. (W.A.) •
Isopogon attenuatus R.Br. (W.A.) •
Isopogon axillaris R.Br. (W.A.) •
Isopogon baxteri R.Br. (W.A.) - Stirling Range coneflower •
Isopogon buxifolius R.Br. (W.A.) •
Isopogon buxifolius R.Br. var.
buxifolius •
Isopogon buxifolius var.
obovatus (R.Br.)
Benth. •
Isopogon ceratophyllus R.Br. (S.A., Vic., Tas.) - wild Irishman, horny cone bush •
Isopogon crithmifolius F.Muell. (W.A.) •
Isopogon cuneatus R.Br. (W.A.) - coneflower •
Isopogon dawsonii F.Muell. ex
R.T.Baker (N.S.W.) - Nepean cone bush •
Isopogon divergens R.Br. (W.A.) - spreading coneflower •
Isopogon drummondii Hügel ex
Jacques (W.A.) •
Isopogon dubius (R.Br.)
Druce (W.A.) - pincushion coneflower •
Isopogon fletcheri F.Muell. (N.S.W.) - Fletcher's drumsticks •
Isopogon formosus R.Br. (W.A.) - rose coneflower •
Isopogon formosus subsp.
dasylepis (Meisn.)
Foreman •
Isopogon formosus R.Br. subsp.
formosus •
Isopogon gardneri Foreman (W.A.) •
Isopogon heterophyllus Meisn. (W.A.) •
Isopogon inconspicuus (Meisn.) Foreman (W.A.) •
Isopogon latifolius R.Br. (W.A.) •
Isopogon linearis Meisn. (W.A.) •
Isopogon longifolius R.Br. (W.A.) •
Isopogon mnoraifolius McGill. (N.S.W.) •
Isopogon panduratus Hislop &
Rye (W.A.) •
Isopogon panduratus subsp.
palustris Hislop & Rye •
Isopogon panduratus Hislop & Rye subsp.
panduratus •
Isopogon petiolaris R.Br. (Qld., N.S.W.) •
Isopogon polycephalus R.Br. (W.A.) - clustered coneflower •
Isopogon prostratus McGill. (N.S.W., Vic.) - prostrate cone-bush •
Isopogon pruinosus Hislop & Rye (W.A.) •
Isopogon pruinosus subsp.
glabellus Hislop & Rye •
Isopogon pruinosus Hislop & Rye subsp.
pruinosus •
Isopogon robustus Foreman ex
N.Gibson (W.A.) •
Isopogon scabriusculus Meisn. (W.A.) •
Isopogon scabriusculus subsp.
pubifloris Foreman •
Isopogon scabriusculus Meisn. subsp.
scabriusculus •
Isopogon scabriusculus subsp.
stenophyllus Foreman •
Isopogon spathulatus R.Br. (W.A.) •
Isopogon sphaerocephalus Lindl. (W.A.) - drumstick isopogon •
Isopogon teretifolius R.Br. (W.A.) - nodding coneflower •
Isopogon tridens (Meisn.) F.Muell. (W.A.) - three-toothed coneflower •
Isopogon trilobus R.Br. (W.A.) - barrel coneflower •
Isopogon uncinatus R.Br. (W.A.) •
Isopogon villosus Meisn. (W.A.) Two new species of
Isopogon,
I. autumnalis (10 December 2019) and
I. nutans (5 May 2020) have been described but the names have not been accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at November 2020. ==References==