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Varilla (plant)

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Genus of flowering plants

Varilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae
Subtribe: Varillinae
Genus: Varilla
A.Gray
Type species
Varilla mexicana
A.Gray

Varilla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1849.

The name Varilla is the Spanish word for "rod" or "wand." The genus is native to Texas and northern Mexico.

Species

References

  1. Gray, Asa. 1849. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 4(1): 106–107 generic description in Latin, specific description and commentary in English
  2. Tropicos, Varilla A. Gray
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Varilla A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 106. 1849.
  4. ^ The Plant List, search for Varilla
  5. Turner, Billie Lee. 1990. Taxonomy of Varilla (Asteraceae:Heliantheae). Phytologia 68(6):4-13
  6. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
Taxon identifiers
Varilla


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