Rojasianthe

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Rojasianthe
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Rojasianthinae
Panero
Genus: Rojasianthe
Standl. & Steyerm.
Species:
R. superba
Binomial name
Rojasianthe superba

Rojasianthe is a genus of Mesoamerican flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2]

The only known species is Rojasianthe superba, the white sunflower tree, native to Chiapas and Guatemala. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Standley, Paul Carpenter & Steyermark, Julian Alfred. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 22(4): pages 311–314, figures 1–2
  2. Tropicos, Rojasianthe Standl. & Steyerm
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
  5. Nash, D. L. 1976. Tribe V, Heliantheae. En: Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 181–361, 503–570

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