| Guardiola | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Guardiola tulocarpus | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae | 
| Tribe: | Millerieae | 
| Subtribe: | Guardiolinae H.Rob. | 
| Genus: | Guardiola Cerv. ex Bonpl. | 
| Type species | |
| Guardiola mexicana  [1] | |
| Synonyms [2] [3] | |
Guardiola is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. [4] [5] [6] Members of the genus are subshrubs with simple, opposite leaves and terminal inflorescences. [2] [6]
Originally placed in the subtribe Melampodiinae, [7] the genus was placed in its own subtribe, Guardiolinae, by Harold Robinson in 1978. [2]
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