Delilia

Delilia
Fruits of a Delilia species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Ecliptinae
Genus:	Delilia Spreng.
Type species
Delilia berteroi (syn of D. biflora) Spreng.

Delilia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Phylogeny

Based on three plastid and two nuclear markers the genus Delila has been found to form a well supported clade with the genera Blainvillea , Calyptocarpus , Jefea , Lasianthaea and Synedrella . ^[4]

Species ^{[5] [6]}

• Delilia biflora (L.) Kuntze - Mesoamerica, South America, Galápagos, Cuba
• Delilia inelegans (Hook.f.) Kuntze - Galápagos
• Delilia repens (Hook.f.) Kuntze - Galápagos

References

1. Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1823. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1823: 54-55 in Latin
2. Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1823. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1823: plate 1 black and white illustration of Delilia berteroi on right
3. Delprete, Piero G. (1995). "Systematic study of the genus Delilia (Asteraceae, Heliantheae)" . Plant Systematics and Evolution. 194 (1/2): 111–122. Bibcode:1995PSyEv.194..111D. doi:10.1007/BF00983220. JSTOR   23642993.
4. de Almeida, Rafael Felipe; Alves, Maria; van den Berg, Cássio; Pellegrini, Marco O.O.; Gostel, Morgan R.; Roque, Nádia (October 8, 2024). "Molecular Phylogenetics and Historical Biogeography of Subtribe Ecliptinae (Asteraceae, Heliantheae)". Plants. 13 (19). MDPI: 2817. Bibcode:2024Plnts..13.2817D. doi: 10.3390/plants13192817 . PMID   39409687.
5. The Plant List search for Delilia
6. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Delilia