Lygodesmia | |
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Lygodesmia grandiflora | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
Genus: |
Lygodesmia D.Don |
Type species | |
Prenanthes juncea
[1] Pursh
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant, [3] is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. [1] [4]
The name derives from the Greek lygos, a pliant twig, and desme, a bundle, because of the fascicled twiggy or rush-like stems of the plants. [5]
Lygodesmia | |
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Lygodesmia grandiflora | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
Genus: |
Lygodesmia D.Don |
Type species | |
Prenanthes juncea
[1] Pursh
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant, [3] is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. [1] [4]
The name derives from the Greek lygos, a pliant twig, and desme, a bundle, because of the fascicled twiggy or rush-like stems of the plants. [5]