Chrysactinia acerosa
| Chrysactinia acerosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Genus: | Chrysactinia A.Gray |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysactinia acerosa S.F.Blake | |
Chrysactinia acerosa is a Mexican species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the states of Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí of northeastern Mexico.[1][2][3]
Chrysactinia acerosa is a small evergreen subshrub rarely more than 20 cm (8 inches) tall. It is branched, with very narrow, needle-like leaves. Flower heads have yellow ray flowers and yellow disc flowers. Achenes are black. The species grows in dry locations in desert regions.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.
- ↑ Strother, J. L. 1977. Taxonomy of Chrysactinia, Harnackia, and Lescaillea (Compositae: Tageteae). Madroño 24: 129–139.
- 1 2 José Luis Villaseñor y María del Rosario Redonda–Martínez. 2009. El género Chrysactinia (Asteraceae, tribu Tageteae) en México. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad 80(1) in Spanish with line drawings and distribution maps
- ↑ Blake, Sydney Fay 1916. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 51(10): 524-525 description in Latin, commentary and short description in English
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