Borrichia peruviana

Borrichia peruviana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Borrichia
Species: B. peruviana
Binomial name
Borrichia peruviana
(Lam.) DC.
Synonyms[1]
  • Buphthalmum lineare Willd.
  • Buphthalmum peruvianum Lam.
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Borrichia peruviana is a Peruvian species of flowering plants in the aster family. It is a perennial herb up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. Flower heads are yellow, with both disc florets and ray florets.[2][3][4]

References

  1. The Plant List, Borrichia frutescens (Lam.) DC.
  2. Semple, J. C. 1978. A revision of the genus Borrichia Adans. (Compositae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65: 681–693. Semple
  3. León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286
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