Freya alba | |
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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: |
Freya V.M.Badillo |
Species: | F. alba
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Binomial name | |
Freya alba V.M.Badillo
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Freya alba is a South American species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae, and the only species in the genus Freya. [1] [2]
The genus name of Freya is in reference to Freyja, the Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Victor Manuel Badillo in Ernstia Vol.33 on page 9 in 1985.
Freya alba | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Millerieae |
Subtribe: | Galinsoginae |
Genus: |
Freya V.M.Badillo |
Species: | F. alba
|
Binomial name | |
Freya alba V.M.Badillo
|
Freya alba is a South American species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae, and the only species in the genus Freya. [1] [2]
The genus name of Freya is in reference to Freyja, the Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Victor Manuel Badillo in Ernstia Vol.33 on page 9 in 1985.