Chrysactinia luzmariae

Chrysactinia luzmariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Genus: Chrysactinia
Binomial name
Chrysactinia luzmariae
Rzed. & Calderón

Chrysactinia luzmariae, is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is native to north-central Mexico, in the State of Guanajuato.[1][2]

Chrysactinia luzmariae is a shrub up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Leaves are pinnately lobed with a sharp point at the tip. Flower heads have yellow ray flowers and yellow disc flowers. The species grows in brushy chaparral regions.[1][3]

References

  1. 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
  2. The International Plant Names Index
  3. Rzedowski, Jerzy & Calderón, Graciela 1998. Boletín del Instituto Botánica de la Universidad de Guadalajara 5: 63

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