Biology:Tracyina

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Short description: Genus of Californian plants

Tracyina
Tracyina rostrata with open ray flowers (27852495607).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Pentachaetinae
Genus: Tracyina
S.F.Blake
Species:
T. rostrata
Binomial name
Tracyina rostrata
S.F.Blake

Tracyina is a genus of Californian plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2] The genus is named for Calilfornia botanist Joseph Prince Tracy, 1879–1953.[3]

Species

The only known species is Tracyina rostrata, which is known by the common names Indian headdress[4] and beaked tracyina.[5] It is endemic to California , where it is known only from the grassy slopes of the North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area (Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Lake, Alameda, and Sonoma Counties).[6][7][5]

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External links

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