Perezia magellanica is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is the type species of its genus. It is found in Argentina and Chile.

Perezia magellanica
Fig.2 (a, b, c, d, e, f): Perezia magellanica illustration in Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (1812) (as Clarionea magellanica)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Perezia
Species:
P. magellanica
Binomial name
Perezia magellanica
(L.f.) Lag. (1811)
Synonyms
  • Clarionea magellanica (L. f.) DC.
  • Clarionea elegans Phil.[1]
  • Perdicium magellanicum L. f.
  • Perezia lagascae Cass.
  • Perezia magellanica (L. f.) Less.
  • Clarionella magellanica Decne.

References

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  1. ^ Phil. Linnaea 28: 717 1857
  • Christian Friedrich Lessing, Linnaea, 5, page 23, 1830
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  •   Media related to Perezia magellanica at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Perezia magellanica". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • Perezia magellanica at Tropicos