Florestina

Florestina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Bahieae
Genus: Florestina
Cass.
Type species
Florestina pedata

Florestina is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family,[1][2][3] native to Texas, Mexico, and Central America.[4]

Florestina is distinguished from Palafoxia by its 3-5 lobed leaves, whitish corollas, and cypselae (achenes) which are only sparsely pubescent and with the trichomes curled (rather than straight). It is considered to be closely related to Palafoxia; some authors have suggested that the two genera should be merged.[5]

Species[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 11 in French
  2. ^ Tropicos, Florestina Cass.
  3. ^ Florestina in Global Compositae
  4. ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 392 Florestina Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1817: 11. 1817.
  5. ^ [1] Tree of Life
  6. ^ "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Florestina". Retrieved 2014-11-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.
  8. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map