Glossocardia

Glossocardia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[1][2] It is native to Asia and Australia.[3]

Glossocardia
Glossocardia bosvallia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Coreopsideae
Genus:	Glossocardia Cass.
Type species
Glossocardia linearifolia Cass.
Synonyms
Gynactis Cass. Gymnactis Pfeiff. Glossogyne Cass. Kerneria subg. Glossogyne Cass. Guerreroia Merr.

These are perennial herbs with large caudices and toothed ray florets.[3]

Species[4]

• Glossocardia alorensis Veldkamp & Kreffer - Lesser Sunda Islands
• Glossocardia bidens (Retz.) Veldkamp - Asia; Australia
• Glossocardia bosvallia (L.f.) DC. - India
• Glossocardia calva (Sch.Bip. ex Miq.) Veldkamp - insular Southeast Asia
• Glossocardia condorensis (Gagnep.) Veldkamp - Vietnam
• Glossocardia integrifolia (Gagnep.) Veldkamp - Laos
• Glossocardia josephinae Veldkamp & Kreffer - Lesser Sunda Islands
• Glossocardia leschenaultii (Cass.) Veldkamp - Java
• Glossocardia orthochaeta (F.Muell.) Veldkamp - Queensland
• Glossocardia refracta Veldkamp - Queensland
• Glossocardia smithii (Backer) Veldkamp - Java
• Glossocardia tridentata (Turcz.) Veldkamp - Philippines

References

1. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 138-139 in French
2. Tropicos, Glossocardia Cass.
3. Glossocardia. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
4. "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Accessed". Archived from the original on 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2014-11-28.