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Genus of shrubs

Trixis
Trixis californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
Synonyms
  • Prionanthes Schrank
  • Bowmania Gardner
  • Cleanthes D.Don
  • Bowmannia Gardner
  • Tenorea Colla
  • Castra Vell.

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

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

Species
Formerly included

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

References

  1. Tropicos, search for Trixis
  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. ^ "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
  • Anderson, C. (1972). "A monograph of the Mexican and Central American species of Trixis (Compositae)". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 22 (3): 1–68.

External links

  • Media related to Trixis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Trixis at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Trixis


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