Rafinesquia

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Rafinesquia
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Rafinesquia neomexicana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Microseridinae
Genus: Rafinesquia
Nutt. 1841, conserved name not Raf. 1836 (Fabaceae) nor Raf. 1836 (Lamiaceae) nor Raf. 1838 (Bignoniaceae) nor Raf. 1841 (unknown family) [1]
Synonyms [2]

NemoserisGreene

Rafinesquia, commonly known as plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. [3] [4]

Contents

The genus was named for polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque by botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1841. [5]

Species

Rafinesquia consists of two species: [2] [6] [7]

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