Cymophora

Cymophora is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family.[1][2] All known species are native to Mexico.[3]

Cymophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Millerieae
Genus:
Cymophora

Type species
Cymophora pringlei
B.L.Rob.

Some authors have included these plants in the genus Tridax because they are similar species with the same chromosome count. Others find that they have sufficient morphological differences to be kept separate.[3]

Species[4]

References
  1. Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln. 1907. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 43(2): 39-40 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  2. Tropicos, Cymophora B.L. Rob.
  3. Turner, B. L. (1992). A new species of Cymophora (Asteraceae, Heliantheae) from Guerrero, Mexico. Phytologia 73(3) 242-46.
  4. Cymophora. The Plant List.


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