Trichospira

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Trichospira
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Trichospira
Kunth in Humboldt et al. [1]
Species:
T. verticillata
Binomial name
Trichospira verticillata
(L.) S.F.Blake
Synonyms [2]
  • Bidens verticillataL.
  • Trichospira biaristaLess.
  • Trichospira pulegiumMart. ex DC.
  • Salmea verticillata(L.) Druce
  • Rolandra reptansWilld. ex Less.
  • Rolandra septansWilld. ex Less.
  • Trichospira prieureiDC.
  • Trichospira biaristataLess.
  • Trichospira menthoidesKunth (type species of Trichospira)
  • Trichospira biaristataDC.

Trichospira is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae [3] within the family Asteraceae. [4]

Species

The only known species is Trichospira verticillata, native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 21–22
  2. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ↑ Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Trichospira Kunth


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