Chrysactinia pinnata
| Chrysactinia pinnata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Genus: | Chrysactinia |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysactinia pinnata S.Wats. | |
Chrysactinia pinnata, is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is native to northeastern Mexico, the States of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.[1][2][3]
Chrysactinia pinnata is a shrub up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. Leaves are pinnately lobed. Flower heads have yellow ray flowers and yellow-orange disc flowers. Achenes are black. The species grows in forests and chaparral brushlands.[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
- ↑ Watson, Sereno 1890. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 154–155
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