Rhynchospermum is a genus of flowering plants within the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Rhynchospermum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Asterinae
Genus: Rhynchospermum
Reinw. 1825 not Lindl. 1846 (Apocynaceae)
Species:
R. verticillatum
Binomial name
Rhynchospermum verticillatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster verticillatus (Reinw.) Brouillet, Semple & Y.L. Chen
  • Leptocoma racemosa Less.
  • Rhynchospermum formosanum Yamam.
  • Rhynchospermum verticillatum var. subsessilis Oliv. ex Miq.
  • Zollingeria scandens Sch. Bip.
  • Lavenia rigida Wallich
  • Carpesium scandens Schult.f. ex Miq.
Species

The only accepted species is Rhynchospermum verticillatum, native to China, Japan, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Maluku) [1][4]

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