Lepidesmia

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Lepidesmia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Lepidesmia
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Lepidesmia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2] [3]

Species [4]

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References

  1. Klatt, Friedrich Wilhelm. 1896. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 4(6): 479–480
  2. D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  3. Tropicos, Lepidesmia Klatt
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist