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Genus of flowering plants

Litrisa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Litrisa
Small
Species: L. carnosa
Binomial name
Litrisa carnosa
Small
Synonyms
  • Trilisa carnosa (Small) B.L.Rob.
  • Carphephorus carnosus (Small) C.W.James

Litrisa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.

Some taxonomists group Litrisa and Trilisa into the genus Carphephorus.

Species

There is only one known species, Litrisa carnosa, called pineland chaffhead, native to the State of Florida in the United States. It is a shrub up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall, covered with many small hairs and producing flat-topped inflorescences of many small purplish flower heads.

References

  1. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-17 at archive.today
  2. The Plant List Litrisa carnosa Small
  3. Small, John Kunkel. 1924. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 392 entirely in English
  4. Tropicos, Litrisa Small
  5. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 535 Carphephorus Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1816: 198. 1816.
  6. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Carphephorus carnosus
  7. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Taxon identifiers
Litrisa carnosa
Litrisa


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