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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