Flourensia

tarworts
Flourensia cernua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Flourensia
DC.[2]
Type species
Flourensia laurifolia[3][4]
DC.

Flourensia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[5] It contains subshrubs and shrubs,[6] which are commonly known as tarworts.[7] They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genus name honours French physiologist Jean Pierre Flourens (1794–1867).[6]

Species[8]
  1. Flourensia angustifolia (DC.) S.F.Blake- Peru
  2. Flourensia blakeana M.O.Dillon - Argentina (Tucuman, Catamarca)
  3. Flourensia cajabambensis M.O.Dillon - Peru
  4. Flourensia campestris Griseb. - Argentina (La Rioja, San Juan, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca)
  5. Flourensia cernua DC. – American Tarwort, Tarbush - Chihuahua, Coahuila, USA (Texas New Mexico Arizona)
  6. Flourensia collodes (Greenm.) S.F.Blake- Chiapas, Oaxaca
  7. Flourensia dentata S.F.Blake - Zacatecas
  8. Flourensia fiebrigii S.F.Blake - Argentina, Bolivia
  9. Flourensia glutinosa (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) S.F.Blake - Oaxaca, Puebla
  10. Flourensia heterolepis S.F.Blake - Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), Peru (Cusco)
  11. Flourensia hirta S.F.Blake- Argentina (La Rioja, Catamarca)
  12. Flourensia hirtissima S.F.Blake- Argentina (Río Negro)
  13. Flourensia ilicifolia Brandegee- Coahuila
  14. Flourensia laurifolia DC. - San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo
  15. Flourensia leptopoda S.F.Blake - Argentina (La Rioja, San Juan)
  16. Flourensia macroligulata Seeligm.- Argentina (Jujuy, Tucuman)
  17. Flourensia macrophylla (A.Gray) S.F.Blake - Peru
  18. Flourensia monticola M.O. Dillon - Coahuila, Nuevo León
  19. Flourensia niederleinii S.F.Blake- Argentina (La Rioja)
  20. Flourensia oolepis S.F.Blake - Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis)
  21. Flourensia peruviana M.O.Dillon- Peru (Ayacucho, Huancavelica)
  22. Flourensia polycephala M.O.Dillon - Peru (Apurímac, Cusco)
  23. Flourensia polyclada S.F.Blake - Argentina
  24. Flourensia pringlei (A.Gray) S.F.Blake - Chihuahua, Durango, New Mexico (Hidalgo County)
  25. Flourensia pulcherrima M.O.Dillon- Durango
  26. Flourensia resinosa (Brandegee) S.F.Blake- Hidalgo, Querétaro
  27. Flourensia retinophylla S.F.Blake- Coahuila
  28. Flourensia riparia Griseb. - Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca, Tucuman)
  29. Flourensia solitaria S.F.Blake - Coahuila
  30. Flourensia suffrutescens (R.E.Fr.) S.F.Blake - Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)
  31. Flourensia thurifera (Molina) DC. - Chile (Coquimbo, Santiago, Valparaíso)
  32. Flourensia tortuosa Griseb. - Argentina (Salta, Catamarca, Tucuman)

References

  1. ↑ "GENUS Flourensia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Flourensia DC.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  3. ↑ lectotype designated by S.F. Blake, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 394 (1921)
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Flourensia DC.
  5. ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 592–593 in Latin
  6. 1 2 Strother, John L. "Flourensia de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 592. 1836.". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  7. ↑ "Flourensia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  8. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Flourensia

External links

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