Gymnarrhena
| Gymnarrhena micrantha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Gymnarrheneae[1] |
| Genus: | Gymnarrhena Desf. |
| Species: | G. micrantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnarrhena micrantha Desf. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gymnarrhena is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3] It is the only genus in the tribe Gymnarrheneae.[4] There is only one known species, Gymnarrhena micrantha. It is native to North Africa, Sinai, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran.[1]
Often found in the desert, Gymnarrhena is a small plant with long, thin leaves. Gymnarrhena flowers in March and April.[5] There are two different colours of flowers, which are often purple or green and arranged in a rosette pattern.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1818. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4: 1-4
- ↑ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1818. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4: plate 1
- ↑ "New tribes in Asteraceae" (PDF), Phytologia 91 (3), December 2009: 568–570
- ↑ http://compositae.lifedesks.org/pages/26183
- ↑ Common Plants of the Western Deserts of Egypt
- ↑ Wild Flowers of Israel
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