Balduina (plant)

Balduina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Balduina
Nutt.

Balduina (honeycombhead)[1] is a genus of North American plants in the sunflower family described as a genus in 1818.[2][3][4]

The genus is endemic to the Southeastern United States.[5] It is named in honor of William Baldwyn M.D., 1779–1819, of Savannah, Georgia.[2][4]

Species[6][7]
  1. Balduina angustifolia (Pursh) B.L.Rob. - Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi
  2. Balduina atropurpurea R.M.Harper - Florida Georgia South Carolina North Carolina
  3. Balduina uniflora Nutt. - Louisiana Florida Georgia (U.S. state) Alabama Mississippi South Carolina North Carolina

References

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