Verbesina
| Crownbeards | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Yellow ironweed Verbesina alternifolia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Verbesina L. |
| Type species | |
| Verbesina alata L.[1][2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Verbesina, or crownbeard, is a genus of flowering plants, in the daisy family (Asteraceae).[4][2] It is a large genus of over 300 species.[3]
All the species bear yellow flowers similar to small sunflowers. The name Verbesina very likely refers to the similarity of the foliage to that of the (unrelated) Verbena.[5]
Verbesina species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species. These include Schinia bina, which has been recorded from V. encelioides, and Schinia siren which feeds exclusively on that species.
Selected species
- Verbesina alternifolia
- Verbesina auriculigera
- Verbesina barclayae
- Verbesina brachypoda
- Verbesina dissita
- Verbesina ecuatoriana
- Verbesina encelioides
- Verbesina gigantea
- Verbesina glabrata
- Verbesina grisebachii
- Verbesina guatemalensis
- Verbesina harlingii
- Verbesina hastata
- Verbesina helianthoides
- Verbesina howardiana
- Verbesina kingii
- Verbesina latisquama
- Verbesina mameana
- Verbesina minuticeps
- Verbesina occidentalis
- Verbesina pentantha
- Verbesina persicifolia
- Verbesina petrobioides
- Verbesina pseudoclausseni
- Verbesina pustulata
- Verbesina rivetii
- Verbesina rupestris
- Verbesina saloyensis
- Verbesina subcordata
- Verbesina squarrosa
- Verbesina villonacoensis
- Verbesina virginica
References
- ↑ lectotype designated by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 183 (1929)
- 1 2 Tropicos, Verbesina L.
- 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 901-903
- ↑ Flora of North America Verbesina Linnaeus
External links
Media related to Verbesina at Wikimedia Commons
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