Faxonia | |
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The illustration of Faxonia pusilla from the type description. | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Millerieae |
Subtribe: | Galinsoginae |
Genus: |
Faxonia Brandegee |
Species: | F. pusilla
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Binomial name | |
Faxonia pusilla Brandegee
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Faxonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] It contains the single species Faxonia pusilla, endemic to the Mexican State of Baja California Sur. [2] [3] This genus is only known from the singular type specimen collected by Townshend Stith Brandegee in the Sierra de la Laguna in 1893, and is possibly extinct. [1] [4]
The genus is named for botanical illustrator Charles Edward Faxon of Arnold Arboretum. [1]
Faxonia | |
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The illustration of Faxonia pusilla from the type description. | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Millerieae |
Subtribe: | Galinsoginae |
Genus: |
Faxonia Brandegee |
Species: | F. pusilla
|
Binomial name | |
Faxonia pusilla Brandegee
|
Faxonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] It contains the single species Faxonia pusilla, endemic to the Mexican State of Baja California Sur. [2] [3] This genus is only known from the singular type specimen collected by Townshend Stith Brandegee in the Sierra de la Laguna in 1893, and is possibly extinct. [1] [4]
The genus is named for botanical illustrator Charles Edward Faxon of Arnold Arboretum. [1]