Lessingia

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Lessingia
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Lessingia leptoclada
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Machaerantherinae
Genus: Lessingia
Cham.
Type species
Lessingia germanorum [1]

Lessingia is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae which are native to western North America. Several species are endemic to California. [2] [3] [4]

Lessingias are generally daisy-like in appearance with white, yellow, or purple flowers, but they vary in appearance. Some lessingias are sometimes treated as members of different genera, such as Benitoa . The San Francisco lessingia, Lessingia germanorum , is an endangered species. [5] [6] [7]

Species [8] [9]
formerly included [8]

Species once regarded as part of Lessingia, now considered more suited to other genera: Artemisia Benitoa Cacalia Chrysolaena Corethrogyne Lessingianthus Vernonia

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References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Lessingia Cham.
  2. ↑ Chamisso, Ludolf Karl Adelbert von. 1829. Linnaea 4(2): plate II (2), figure 2 line drawings of Lessingia germanorum
  3. ↑ Chamisso, Ludolf Karl Adelbert von. 1829. Linnaea 4(2): 203–204 in Latin
  4. ↑ Lane, M. A. (1992). New combinations in Californian Lessingia (Compositae: Astereae). Novon 2:3 213-14.
  5. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 452 Lessingia Chamisso, Linnaea. 4: 203, plate 2, fig. 2. 1829.
  6. ↑ Markos, S. and B. G. Baldwin. 2001. Higher-level relationships and major lineages of Lessingia (Compositae, Astereae) based on nuclear rDNA internal and external transcribed spacer (ITS and ETS) sequences. Systematic Botany 26: 168–183
  7. ↑ Markos, S. 2005. Taxonomic changes in Lessingia (Compositae: Astereae). Madroño 52: 60–61.
  8. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Lessingia
  9. ↑ The Plant List search for Lessingia


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