Hedypnois | |
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Hedypnois rhagadioloides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Subtribe: | Hypochaeridinae |
Genus: | Hedypnois Mill. 1754 not Scop. 1772 nor Schreb. 1791 |
Type species | |
Hedypnois annua (syn of H. rhagadioloides ) [1] Mill. ex Ferris | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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