Bethencourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.[3][4] It contains three species of plants endemic to the Canary Islands.[5]

Bethencourtia
Bethencourtia palmensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Bethencourtia
Choisy ex Link
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Canariothamnus B.Nord.
  • Senecio sect. Bethencourtii DC.

Species:[1][5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Tropicos, Bethencourtia Choisy
  3. ^ Choisy, Jacques Denys. 1825. Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln 148
  4. ^ Nordenstam, Rune Bertil. 2006. Compositae Newsletter 44: 24-31
  5. ^ a b Greuter, Werner & von Raab-Straube, Eckhard (2006). "Euro+Med Notulae, 2". Willdenowia. 36 (2): 707–717. doi:10.3372/wi.36.36206.
  6. ^ Bethencourtia. Euro+Med PlantBase. 2006.