Hymenoxys tweediei
| Hymenoxys tweediei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Hymenoxys |
| Species: | H. tweediei |
| Binomial name | |
| Hymenoxys tweediei Hook. & Arn. 1841 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hymenoxys tweediei is a South American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is has been found mostly in Uruguay with a few populations in northeastern Argentina (Entre Rios Province) and southern Brazil (State of Rio Grande do Sul).[2][3][4]
Hymenoxys tweediei is a succulent annual up to 35 cm (14 in) tall. Leaves are divided in thin, narrow segments. Flower heads each contain 135-196 disc flowers and 7-9 ray flowers.[2][5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Hymenoxys tweediei Hook. & Arn.
- 1 2 Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1962. South American Species of Hymenoxys (Compositae). Leaflets of Western Botany 9: 197-224 descriptions in Latin and English, commentary in English, pages 202-203
- ↑ Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1962. South American Species of Hymenoxys (Compositae). Leaflets of Western Botany 9: Plate 1 distribution map; key to symbols on page 200
- ↑ Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1962. South American Species of Hymenoxys (Compositae). Leaflets of Western Botany 9: Plates 2 + 3 line drawings; captions on page 200
- ↑ Hooker, William Jackson Arnott, George Arnott Walker 1841. Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 3: 323
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