Glossocardia

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Glossocardia
Glossocardia bosvallia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Coreopsideae
Genus:	Glossocardia Cass.
Type species
Glossocardia linearifolia Cass.
Synonyms
GynactisCass. GymnactisPfeiff. GlossogyneCass. Kerneria subg. GlossogyneCass. GuerreroiaMerr.

Glossocardia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. ^{[1] [2]} It is native to Asia and Australia. ^[3]

These are perennial herbs with large caudices and toothed ray florets. ^{[3] [4]}

Species

• Glossocardia alorensis Veldkamp & Kreffer - Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Islands)
• Glossocardia bidens (Retz.) Veldkamp - Asia; Australia
• Glossocardia bosvallia (L.f.) DC. - India
• Glossocardia calva (Sch.Bip. ex Miq.) Veldkamp - insular Southeast Asia
• Glossocardia condorensis (Gagnep.) Veldkamp - Vietnam
• Glossocardia integrifolia (Gagnep.) Veldkamp - Laos
• Glossocardia josephinae Veldkamp & Kreffer - Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Islands)
• Glossocardia leschenaultii (Cass.) Veldkamp - Indonesia (Madura)
• Glossocardia orthochaeta (F.Muell.) Veldkamp - Australia (Queensland)
• Glossocardia refracta Veldkamp - Australia (Queensland)
• Glossocardia smithii (Backer) Veldkamp - Indonesia (Java)
• Glossocardia tridentata (Turcz.) Veldkamp - Philippines

References

1. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 138-139 in French
2. Tropicos, Glossocardia Cass.
3. Glossocardia. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
4. "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Accessed". Archived from the original on 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2014-11-28.

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