Trichocline heterophylla

Trichocline heterophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Trichocline
Species:	T. heterophylla
Binomial name
Trichocline heterophylla Less.
Synonyms [1]
Chaptalia heterophyllaD.Don Onoseris heterophyllaSpreng.

Trichocline heterophylla is a plant in the family Asteraceae family, native to Uruguay. ^[1]

It was first described i 1826 by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel as Onoseris heterophylla, ^{[1] [2]} but in 1830 was transferred to the genus Trichocline by Christian Friedrich Lessing. ^{[1] [3]}

The species epithet, heterophylla, is derived from the Greek heteros ("other" or "different"), and phyllon ("leaf") giving an adjective which describes the plant as having varied leaves. ^[4]

References

1. "Trichocline heterophylla Less. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
2. Sprengel, C.P.J. (1826), "Syngenesia. III. Perdicieae", Systema Vegetabilium, 3: 503
3. Lessing, C.F. (1830). "Trichocline". Linnaea. 5: 289.
4. "heterophyllus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.