Fleischmannia

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Fleischmannia
Fleischmannia incarnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Fleischmannia
Sch.Bip.[1]
Species

About 80, see text

Fleischmannia is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. The name honours Gottfried F. Fleischmann (1777–1850), the teacher of Carl Heinrich Schultz at Erlangen. Members of the genus are native to South, Central, and North America,[2] with some species found as far north as Virginia and Illinois.[3] They are commonly known as thoroughworts.[4]

Fleischmannia is in the tribe Eupatorieae and as such has flower heads with disc florets and no ray florets. Within that tribe it is most closely related to Conoclinium and Ageratum.[5]

Fleischmannia species were traditionally included as part of the large Eupatorium, recognized in the broad sense based on achenes with five ribs and a pappus of capillary bristles. Fleischmannia is distinguished morphologically by having the inner surface of the corolla lobes markedly papillate (requires magnification to see), the carpopodia symmetrical and stopper-shaped, and the involucres small and with 3 series of subimbricate bracts. The number of flowers per head is typically 20 or more (up to 50). Many species are herbs and somewhat weedy, and have leaves with long petioles. Although the base chromosome number for the genus is x=10, one species, F. microstemon, is notable for have a chromosome number of x=4, the lowest in tribe Eupatorieae. There are currently over 80 species recognized in Fleischmannia, but a thorough study of the genus is needed to determine if all of these are actually distinct and worthy of recognition.

Selected species

  • Fleischmannia aequinoctialis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Fleischmannia harlingii R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Fleischmannia incarnata (Walter) R.M.King & H.Rob. – Pink Thoroughwort
  • Fleischmannia lloensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Fleischmannia microstemon (Cass.) R.M.King & H.Rob. – Tropical Thoroughwort
  • Fleischmannia obscurifolia (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Fleischmannia pratensis (Klatt) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Fleischmannia pycnocephala (Less.) R.M.King & H.Rob. – Lavender Thoroughwort
  • Fleischmannia sonorae (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob. – Sonoran Thoroughwort[4][6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Genus: Fleischmannia Sch. Bip.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-07-13. 
  2. ↑ Nesom, Guy L.. "Fleischmannia Schultz-Bipontinus, Flora. 33: 417. 1850.". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2011-07-14. 
  3. ↑ "Fleischmannia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Fleischmannia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-07-14. 
  5. ↑ Schmidt, Gregory J.; Edward E. Schilling (2000). "Phylogeny and biogeography of Eupatorium (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) based on nuclear ITS sequence data". American Journal of Botany (Botanical Society of America) 87 (5): 716–726. doi:10.2307/2656858. JSTOR 2656858. PMID 10811796. 
  6. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Fleischmannia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-07-13. 
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