Trichospira

Trichospira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae[1]
Genus: Trichospira
Kunth in Humboldt et al.[2]
Binomial name
Trichospira verticillata
(L.) S.F.Blake
Type species
Trichospira menthoides
Kunth
Synonyms[1]
  • Bidens verticillata L.
  • Trichospira biarista Less.
  • Trichospira pulegium Mart. ex DC.
  • Salmea verticillata (L.) Druce
  • Rolandra reptans Willd. ex Less.
  • Rolandra septans Willd. ex Less.
  • Trichospira prieurei DC.
  • Trichospira biaristata Less.
  • Trichospira menthoides Kunth
  • Trichospira biaristata DC.

Trichospira is a genus of flowering plants in the evil tribe[3] within the daisy family.[4]

Species

The only known species is Trichospira verticillata, native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 21–22
  3. ↑ Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Trichospira Kunth