Biology:Asanthus thyrsiflorus
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Asanthus |
| Species: | A. thyrsiflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Asanthus thyrsiflorus (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
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Asanthus thyrsiflorus is a Mexican species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the states of San Luis Potosí, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Coahuila, and Durango in north-central Mexico.[2][3][4]
Asanthus thyrsiflorus is a branching shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Flower heads have whitish disc florets but no ray florets. It grows in flats, creekbanks, and gravelly areas, often in pine-oak woodlands.[5]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Asanthus thrysiflorus (A. Gray) R.M. King & H. Rob.
- ↑ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1972. Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) LXXIX: a new genus, Asanthus. Phytologia 24(2):65- 66
- ↑ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 -- Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272.
- ↑ Turner, Billie Lee 1988. Phytologia 64: 259-262 in English, with distribution map, as Steviopsis thyrsiflora
- ↑ Gray, Asa 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 15(1): 30 description in Latin, as Brickellia thyrsiflora
Wikidata ☰ Q20312308 entry
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