Litrisa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[3][4]
| Litrisa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
| Genus: | Litrisa Small |
| Species: | L. carnosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Litrisa carnosa Small
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Some taxonomists group Litrisa and Trilisa into the genus Carphephorus.[5]
- Species
There is only one known species, Litrisa carnosa, called pineland chaffhead, native to the State of Florida in the United States.[1][6][7] 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.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-17 at archive.today
- ^ The Plant List Litrisa carnosa Small
- ^ Small, John Kunkel. 1924. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 392 entirely in English
- ^ Tropicos, Litrisa Small
- ^ a b Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 535 Carphephorus Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1816: 198. 1816.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Carphephorus carnosus
- ^ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
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