Plectocephalus

Plectocephalus
Plectocephalus americanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae[1]
Genus: Plectocephalus
D.Don
Type species
Plectocephalus americanus
(Nutt.) D.Don
Synonyms[1]

Centaurea sect. Plectocephalus (D.Don) DC.

Plectocephalus is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Species[1][4]
  1. Plectocephalus americanus (Nutt.) D.Don - Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León), United States (AZ NM TX LA AR MS KS MO IL WI SC NY)
  2. Plectocephalus cachinalensis (Phil.) N.Garcia & Susanna - Atacama Region in Chile
  3. Plectocephalus chilensis G.Don ex Loudon - Chile
  4. Plectocephalus floccosus (Hook. & Arn.) N.Garcia & Susanna - Chile (Coquimbo + Valparaíso)
  5. Plectocephalus rothrockii (Greenm.) D.J.N.Hind - Mexico (from Chihuahua to Chiapas), United States (AZ NM)
  6. Plectocephalus tweediei (Hook. & Arn.) N.Garcia & Susanna - Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay (Guairá), Uruguay, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa)
  7. Plectocephalus varians (A.Rich.) - Ethiopia
Formerly included[1]

Plectocephalus dracaenoides (Johow) F.H.Hellw. - Centaurodendron dracaenoides Johow

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Don, David in Sweet, Robert. 1830. British flower garden: containing coloured figures & descriptions of the most ornamental & curious hardy herbaceous plants vol 4 in some copies, vol 2(1) in others, plate 51 in either version
  3. The International Plant Names Index
  4. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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