Rafinesquia | |
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Rafinesquia neomexicana | |
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: |
Rafinesquia Nutt. 1841, conserved name not Raf. 1836 ( Fabaceae) nor Raf. 1836 ( Lamiaceae) nor Raf. 1838 ( Bignoniaceae) nor Raf. 1841 (unknown family) [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
Nemoseris Greene |
Rafinesquia, commonly known as plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. [3] [4]
The genus was named for polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque by botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1841. [5]
Rafinesquia consists of two species: [2] [6] [7]
Rafinesquia | |
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Rafinesquia neomexicana | |
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: |
Rafinesquia Nutt. 1841, conserved name not Raf. 1836 ( Fabaceae) nor Raf. 1836 ( Lamiaceae) nor Raf. 1838 ( Bignoniaceae) nor Raf. 1841 (unknown family) [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
Nemoseris Greene |
Rafinesquia, commonly known as plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. [3] [4]
The genus was named for polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque by botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1841. [5]
Rafinesquia consists of two species: [2] [6] [7]