The genus
Zieria was first formally described in 1798 by
James Edward Smith and the description was published in
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Smith did not nominate a
type species but
James Armstrong nominated
Zieria smithii as the
lectotype. The name
Zieria honours "John Zier, a Polish botanist, who assisted F.C. Ehrhart in his collection of plants of the Electorate of Hanover, 1780-83, and afterwards worked in London, where he died in 1793." In a 2002 study of the genus, James Armstrong placed each species into one of six groups, based on its
morphology. The groups are: • Group A:
Z. adenodonta,
Z. adenophora,
Z. buxijugum,
Z. collina,
Z. floydii,
Z. formosa,
Z. furfuracea,
Z. granulata,
Z. hindii,
Z. obcordata,
Z. parrisiae,
Z. robusta,
Z. tuberculata,
Z. verrucosa; • Group B:
Z. arborescens,
Z. caducibracteata,
Z. lasiocaulis,
Z. oreocena,
Z. southwellii; • Group C:
Z. chevalieri,
Z. fraseri,
Z. laevigata,
Z. laxiflora; • Group D:
Z. montana,
Z. prostrata,
Z. robertsiorum,
Z. smithii; • Group E:
Z. aspalathoides,
Z. citriodora,
Z. ingramii,
Z. minutiflora,
Z. obovata,
Z. odorifera,
Z. pilosa,
Z. rimulosa; • Group F:
Z. baeuerlenii,
Z. covenyi,
Z. cytisoides,
Z. involucrata,
Z. littoralis,
Z. murphyi,
Z. veronicea. In a 2015 study, using a combination of two
non-coding chloroplast DNA regions,
Internal transcribed spacer and some morphological characters,
Cynthia Morton concluded that the genus as presently described is
monophyletic. A tentative arrangement of 32 of Armstrong's 42 species was also suggested: • Group 1:
Z. adenodonta,
Z. baeuerlenii,
Z. collina,
Z. cytisoides; • Group 2:
Z. buxijugum,
Z. caducibracteata,
Z. formosa,
Z. granulata,
Z. littoralis,
Z. parrisiae,
Z. tuberculata,
Z. verrucosa; • Group 3:
Z. fraseri,
Z. odorifera; • Group 4:
Z. prostrata,
Z. smithii; • Group 5:
Z. aspalathoides,
Z. ingramii; • Group 6:
Z. adenophora,
Z. furfuracea,
Z. laxiflora; • Group 7:
Z. montana,
Z. southwellii; • Group 8:
Z. covenyi,
Z. murphyi,
Z. odorifera,
Z. robusta.
Zieria citriodora,
Z. arborescens,
Z. minutiflora,
Z. obcordata and
Z. pilosa were not able to be resolved in this study.
Species list ,
Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: •
Zieria abscondita P.I.Forst. •
Zieria actites Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria adenodonta (
F.Muell.)
J.A.Armstr. – Wollumbin zieria •
Zieria adenophora Blakely – Araluen zieria •
Zieria alata Duretto &
P.I.Forst. •
Zieria arborescens Sims – stinkwood •
Zieria aspalathoides A.Cunn. ex
Benth. – whorled zieria •
Zieria baeuerlenii J.A.Armstr. – Bomaderry zieria •
Zieria bifida Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria boolbunda Duretto & P.I.Forst. – Box Range zieria •
Zieria buxijugum J.D.Briggs & J.A.Armstr. •
Zieria caducibracteata J.A.Armstr. •
Zieria cephalophila Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria chevalieri Virot – endemic to New Caledonia •
Zieria citriodora J.A.Armstr. – lemon-scented zieria •
Zieria collina C.T.White – hill zieria •
Zieria compacta C.T.White •
Zieria covenyi J.A.Armstr. – Coveny's zieria •
Zieria cytisoides Sm. – downy zieria •
Zieria distans Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria eungellaensis Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria euthadenia (J.A.Armstr.) P.I.Forst. •
Zieria exsul Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria floydii J.A.Armstr. – Floyd's zieria •
Zieria fordii Duretto •
Zieria formosa J.D.Briggs & J.A.Armstr. – shapely zieria •
Zieria fraseri Hook. •
Zieria furfuracea R.Br. ex
Benth. •
Zieria graniticola J.A.Armstr. ex Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria granulata C.Moore ex
Benth. – Illawarra zieria, hill zieria •
Zieria gymnocarpa (J.A.Armstr.) P.I.Forst. •
Zieria hindii J.A.Armstr. – Hind's zieria •
Zieria hydroscopica Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria inexpectata Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria ingramii J.A.Armstr – Keith's zieria •
Zieria insularis Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria involucrata R.Br. ex
Benth. •
Zieria laevigata Bonpl. – smooth zieria, twiggy midge bush •
Zieria lasiocaulis – J.A.Armstr. Willi Willi zieria •
Zieria laxiflora (
Benth.)
Domin – wallum zieria •
Zieria littoralis J.A.Armstr. – dwarf zieria •
Zieria madida Duretto & P.I.Forst •
Zieria minutiflora Domin – twiggy zieria •
Zieria montana J.A.Armstr. •
Zieria murphyi Blakely – Murphy's zieria •
Zieria obcordata A.Cunn. – obcordate-leafed zieria •
Zieria obovata (C.T.White) J.A.Armstr. •
Zieria odorifera J.A.Armstr. •
Zieria oreocena J.A.Armstr. – Grampians zieria •
Zieria parrisiae J.D.Briggs & J.A.Armstr. – Parris' zieria •
Zieria pilosa Rudge – hairy zieria •
Zieria prostrata J.A.Armstr. – headland zieria •
Zieria rimulosa C.T.White •
Zieria robertsiorum J.A.Armstr. •
Zieria robusta Maiden &
Betche – round-leafed zieria •
Zieria scopulus Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria smithii Jacks. – sandfly zieria •
Zieria southwellii J.A.Armstr. •
Zieria tenuis Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria tuberculata J.A.Armstr. •
Zieria vagans Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria veronicea (
F.Muell.)
Benth. – pink zieria •
Zieria verrucosa J.A.Armstr. •
Zieria whitei J.A.Armstr. ex Duretto & P.I.Forst. •
Zieria wilhelminae Duretto ==Distribution==