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Trichospira

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Trichospira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Trichospira
Kunth in Humboldt et al.[1]
Species:
T. verticillata
Binomial name
Trichospira verticillata
(L.) S.F.Blake
Synonyms[2]
  • Bidens verticillata L.
  • Trichospira biarista Less.
  • Trichospira pulegium Mart. ex DC.
  • Salmea verticillata (L.) Druce
  • Rolandra reptans Willd. ex Less.
  • Rolandra septans Willd. ex Less.
  • Trichospira prieurei DC.
  • Trichospira biaristata Less.
  • Trichospira menthoides Kunth (type species of Trichospira)
  • Trichospira biaristata DC.

Trichospira is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae[3] within the family Asteraceae.[4]

Species

The only known species is Trichospira verticillata, native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 21–22
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ^ Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
  4. ^ Tropicos, Trichospira Kunth


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