Biology:Plectocephalus

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Short description: Genus of plants

Plectocephalus
Centaurea americana2.jpg
Plectocephalus americanus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Centaureinae
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 tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

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

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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

Wikidata ☰ Q149795 entry