Guardiola

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Guardiola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Guardiolinae
Genus: Guardiola
Cerv. ex Bonpl.
Type species
Guardiola mexicana
Bonpl.
Species

About 10 species[1]
Synonyms

Tulocarpus Hook. & Arn.[2]

Guardiola is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae which are native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.[1] Members of the genus are subshrubs with simple, opposite leaves and terminal inflorescences.[2]

Originally placed in the subtribe Melampodiinae,[3] the genus was placed in its own subtribe, Guardiolinae, by Harold Robinson in 1978.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Strother, John L.. "Guardiola". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=114140. Retrieved 2009-02-24. 
  2. ^ a b c Robinson, Harold (1981). "A Revision of the Tribal and Subtribal Limits of the Heliantheae (Asteraceae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 51: 1–102. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/pdf_hi/sctb-0051.pdf. 
  3. ^ Robinson, B.L. (1899). "Revision of the Genus Guardiola". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 26 (5): 232–235. doi:10.2307/2477748. JSTOR 2477748. http://books.google.com/?id=NjcWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA232&dq=guardiola+robinson.