Trichospira

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

Species

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

Kunth in Humboldt et al.[2]
Binomial name
Trichospira verticillata
(L.) S.F.Blake
Type species
Trichospira menthoides
Kunth
Synonyms[1]
  • Bidens verticillata L.
  • Trichospira biarista Less.
  • Trichospira pulegium Mart. ex DC.
  • Salmea verticillata (L.) Druce
  • Rolandra reptans Willd. ex Less.
  • Rolandra septans Willd. ex Less.
  • Trichospira prieurei DC.
  • Trichospira biaristata Less.
  • Trichospira menthoides Kunth
  • Trichospira biaristata DC.

The only known species is Trichospira verticillata, native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.[1]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 21–22
  3. Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
  4. Tropicos, Trichospira Kunth


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