Cavea (genus)

Cavea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cavea
W.W.Sm. & J.Small
Binomial name
Cavea tanguensis
(Drummond) W.W.Sm. & J.Small
Synonyms[1]

Saussurea tanguensis J.R.Drumm.

Cavea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3]

There is only one known species, Cavea tanguensis, native to the Himalayas of Tibet, Sichuan, and Sikkim.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Smith, William Wright & Small, James. 1917. Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 27: 119, pl. 5
  3. Tropicos, Cavea W.W. Sm. & J. Small