Trixis

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Trixis
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Trixis californica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Nassauvieae
Genus: Trixis
P.Browne 1756 not Adans. 1763 (Haloragaceae) nor Sw. 1788 (syn of Clibadium in Asteraceae) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • PrionanthesSchrank
  • BowmaniaGardner
  • CleanthesD.Don
  • BowmanniaGardner
  • TenoreaColla
  • CastraVell.

Trixis is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies. [3] [4]

Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds [5] due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from τριχος (trixos), the Greek word for 'threefold'. [6] [7]

Species [2] [8] [9]
Formerly included

Numerous species once included in Trixis but now considered better suited to other genera: Acourtia Clibadium Dolichlasium Holocheilus Perezia Riencourtia

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References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, search for Trixis
  2. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-28 at archive.today
  3. ↑ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts page 312
  4. ↑ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts plate 33, figure 1 on left engraved black + white illustration
  5. 1 2 "Trixis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  6. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2737. ISBN   978-0-8493-2678-3.
  7. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 75, Threefold, Trixis P. Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica. 312, plate 33, fig. 1. 1756.
  8. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Trixis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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