Trixis

Trixis
Trixis californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Nassauvieae[1]
Genus: Trixis
P.Browne
Species

See text.
Synonyms

Dolichlasium Lag.[2]

Trixis is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds[3] due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from τριχος (trixos), the Greek word for threefold.[4]

Contents

Selected species

Formerly placed here

References

  1. ^ "Genus Trixis". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/41654. Retrieved 2010-02-18. 
  2. ^ "Genus: Trixis P. Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1994-09-07. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12449. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  3. ^ a b "Trixis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38579. Retrieved 2010-02-16. 
  4. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. pp. 2737. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=2ndDtX-RjYkC&. 
  5. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Trixis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12449. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

External links

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