Chresta

Chresta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Chresta
Vell. ex DC.
Type species
Chresta sphaerocephala
DC.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Eremanthus sect. Pycnocephalum (Less.) Baker
  • Argyrovernonia MacLeish
  • Glaziovianthus G.M.Barroso
  • Chresta Vell.
  • Vernonia sect. Pycnocephalum Less.
  • Chresta sect. Euchresta Gardner
  • Eremanthus sect. Chresta (DC.) Baker
  • Stachyanthus DC.

Chresta is a genus of South American flowering plants in the daisy family.[3][4]

Species[2]
  1. Chresta amplexifolia Dematt., Roque & Miranda Gonç.
  2. Chresta angustifolia Gardner
  3. Chresta curumbensis (Philipson) H.Rob.
  4. Chresta exsucca DC.
  5. Chresta harleyi (DC.) H.Rob.
  6. Chresta hatschbachii H.Rob.
  7. Chresta martii (DC.) H.Rob.
  8. Chresta pinnatifida (Philipson) H.Rob.
  9. Chresta plantaginifolia (Less.) Gardner
  10. Chresta pycnocephala DC.
  11. Chresta scapigera (Less.) Gardner
  12. Chresta souzae H.Rob.
  13. Chresta speciosa Gardner
  14. Chresta sphaerocephala DC.

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by H. Robinson, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 89: 49 (1999)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 85. in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Chresta Vell. ex DC.