Iva (plant)

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Iva
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Iva annua
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Iva
L. 1753 not Fabr. 1759 (Lamiaceae)
Type species
Iva annua

Iva is a genus of wind-pollinated plants in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. [2] [3] Plants of this genus are known generally as marsh elders. [4] The genus is native to North America. [5]

Accepted species [6] [7]

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References

  1. lectotype designated by N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U. S. ed. 2. 3: 338 (1913)
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Iva L.
  3. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 988-989 in Latin
  4. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Iva". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 25 Marsh elder Iva Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 988. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 426. 1754.
  6. The Plant List search for Iva
  7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  8. Turner, Billie Lee. 2009. Iva corbinii (Asteraceae), a remarkable new species from Travis County, Texas. Lundellia 12:5-7 includes color photo of type specimen and another of the plant in the field
  9. Tropicos, Iva dealbata A. Gray
  10. Tropicos, Iva imbricata