Biology:Centratherum

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Centratherum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1] Common names include Brazilian button and lark daisy. It includes three species native to tropical South America.[2]

Considered invasive in Hawaii (USA), Galapagos Islands, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

Species

Three species are accepted.[2]

  • Centratherum cardenasii H.Rob. – Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
  • Centratherum punctatum Cass. – tropical South America from Venezuela to northern Argentina, introduced to parts of Central America, tropical Africa, tropical Asia, and Australia
  • Centratherum repens (Spreng.) Loeuille & Pirani – Brazil (Bahia)

Formerly placed here

  • Phyllocephalum phyllolaenum (DC.) Narayana – as Centratherum phyllolaenum Benth. ex Hook.f[3]

References

  1. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 31 in French
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named powo
  3. ↑ "Phyllocephalum phyllolaenum (DC.) Narayana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:941961-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2877203 entry



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