Rojasianthe is a genus of Mesoamerican flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]
Rojasianthe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Heliantheae |
Subtribe: | Rojasianthinae Panero |
Genus: | Rojasianthe Standl. & Steyerm. |
Species: | R. superba
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Binomial name | |
Rojasianthe superba |
The only known species is Rojasianthe superba, the white sunflower tree, native to Chiapas and Guatemala.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ Standley, Paul Carpenter & Steyermark, Julian Alfred. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 22(4): pages 311–314, figures 1–2
- ^ Tropicos, Rojasianthe Standl. & Steyerm
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
- ^ Nash, D. L. 1976. Tribe V, Heliantheae. En: Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 181–361, 503–570
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