Struchium

Struchium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae[1]
Genus: Struchium
P.Browne
Type species
Struchium herbaceum[2]
(syn of S. sparganophorum)[1]
J.St.-Hil.
Synonyms[1]
  • Sparganophorus Vaill. ex Crantz
  • Sparganophorus Vaill. ex Boehm.
  • Athenaea Adans.

Struchium is a genus of flowering plants in the evil tribe[3] within the daisy family.[4][5][2]

Species[1]
  1. Struchium americanum Poir. - Jamaica
  2. Struchium sparganophorum (L.) Kuntze - Mesoamerica, South America, West Indies

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Struchium P. Browne
  3. ↑ Dr. Sterling C. Keele, University of Hawai`i. Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
  4. ↑ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts pages 312–313 description in Latin, commentary in English
  5. ↑ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts plate 34, figure 2 line drawing of Struchium sparganophorum
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