Litrisa
| pineland chaffhead | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Eupatorieae[1] |
| Genus: | Litrisa Small |
| Binomial name | |
| Litrisa carnosa Small | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Litrisa is a genus of flowering plants in the snakeroot tribe within the daisy family.[3][4]
Some taxonomists group Litrisa and Trilisa into the genus Carphephorus.[5]
- Species
There is only one known species, Litrisa carnosa, called pineland chaffhead, native to the State of Florida in the United States.[1][6][7] It is a shrub up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall, covered with many small hairs and producing flat-topped inflorescences of many small purplish flower heads.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ The Plant List Litrisa carnosa Small
- ↑ Small, John Kunkel. 1924. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 392 entirely in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Litrisa Small
- 1 2 Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 535 Carphephorus Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1816: 198. 1816.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Carphephorus carnosus
- ↑ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
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