Haroldia mendocina

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Haroldia mendocina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Chiliotrichinae
Genus: Haroldia
Bonif.
Species:
H. mendocina
Binomial name
Haroldia mendocina
(Cabrera) Bonif.

Haroldia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. [1] It contains a single species, Haroldia mendocina. [1]

Its native range is north-western Argentina. [1]

Both the genus and the species were circumscribed by José M. Bonifacino in Smithsonian Contr. Bot. vol.92 on page 50 in 2009. [1]

The genus name of Haroldia is in honour of Harold Ernest Robinson (1932–2020), who was an American botanist and entomologist. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Haroldia Bonif. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.