Pterachaenia

Pterachaenia is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the dandelion family.[3][2]

Species

Pterachaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Cichorieae[1]
Genus:
Pterachaenia

(Benth.) Lipsch.
Binomial name
Pterachaenia stewartii
(Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart
Synonyms[2][1]
  • Scorzonera sect. Pterachaenia Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Scorzonera stewartii Hook.f.

There is only one known species, Pterachaenia stewartii , native to Afghanistan and Pakistan.[1][4]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. The International Plant Names Index
  3. Lipschitz, Sergej Julievitsch. 1939. Fragm. Monogr. Gen. Scorzon. 11. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31
  4. Stewart, Ralph Randles. 1952. Punjab (Pakistan) For. Rec. ii. No. 1 (Cat. Pl. Rawalpindi Distr.) 50


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