| Guardiola | |
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| 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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