Tracyina
| Indian headdress | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae[1] |
| Genus: | Tracyina S.F.Blake |
| Species: | T. rostrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tracyina rostrata S.F.Blake | |
Tracyina is a genus of Californian plants in the aster tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]
The genus is named for Calilfornia botanist Joseph Prince Tracy, 1879–1953.[4]
- Species
The only known species is Tracyina rostrata, which is known by the common name Indian headdress. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the grassy slopes of the North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area (Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Lake, Alameda, and Sonoma Counties).[1][5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Blake, Sydney Fay. 1937. Madroño 4(3): 74–77, f. 1
- ↑ Tropicos, Tracyina S.F. Blake
- ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 50, Tracyina S. F. Blake
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 distribution map
- ↑ Calflora, Consortium of California Herbaria, Tracyina rostrata S.F. Blake
