Pelucha

Pelucha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Helenieae[1]
Genus: Pelucha
S.Wats.
Binomial name
Pelucha trifida
S.Wats.

Pelucha is a genus of Mexican shrubs in the sneezeweed tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Species

The only known species is Pelucha trifida, native to the Mexican States of Sonora and Baja California.[1][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Watson, Sereno. 1889. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 24: 55, footnote in English
  3. Tropicos, Pelucha S. Watson
  4. Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100.