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Asanthus thyrsiflorus

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Asanthus thyrsiflorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Asanthus
Species: A. thyrsiflorus
Binomial name
Asanthus thyrsiflorus
(A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms
  • Asanthus thrysiflorus (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob., typographical error
  • Brickellia thyrsiflora A.Gray
  • Coleosanthus thyrsiflorus (A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Steviopsis thyrsiflora (A.Gray) B.L.Turner

Asanthus thyrsiflorus is a Mexican species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the states of San Luis Potosí, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Coahuila, and Durango in north-central Mexico.

Asanthus thyrsiflorus is a branching shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Flower heads have whitish disc florets but no ray florets. It grows in flats, creekbanks, and gravelly areas, often in pine-oak woodlands.

References

  1. Tropicos, Asanthus thrysiflorus (A. Gray) R.M. King & H. Rob.
  2. King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1972. Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) LXXIX: a new genus, Asanthus. Phytologia 24(2):65- 66
  3. Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 -- Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272.
  4. Turner, Billie Lee 1988. Phytologia 64: 259-262 in English, with distribution map, as Steviopsis thyrsiflora
  5. Gray, Asa 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 15(1): 30 description in Latin, as Brickellia thyrsiflora
Taxon identifiers
Asanthus thyrsiflorus


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