Flyriella stanfordii
| Flyriella stanfordii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Flyriella |
| Species: | F. stanfordii
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| Binomial name | |
| Flyriella stanfordii R.M.King & H.Rob
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Flyriella stanfordii is a Mexican species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the States of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico.[1][2][3]
Flyriella stanfordii grows amidst luxuriant vegetation in moist canyons. Its stem is covered with long hairs. Leaves are egg-shaped, up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long. One plant will produce numerous flower heads tightly packed into a flat-topped array. Each head has 20-23 white disc flowers but no ray flowers.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, B.L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs. 11: i–272.
- ^ a b King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1972. Phytologia 24(3): 67–69 description in Latin, habitat information in English
- ^ photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1993
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