Revealia is a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[3][4][5] The only known species is Revealia macrocephala, native to the Mexican State of Guerrero.[2][6]

Revealia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Revealia
R.M.King & H.Rob.
Species:
R. macrocephala
Binomial name
Revealia macrocephala
(Paray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[2]
  • Oxylobus macrocephalus Paray
  • Carphochaete macrocephala (Paray) Grashoff ex B.L.Turner & K.M.Kerr
  • Revealia stevioides R.M.King & H.Rob. (type species)[1]

The genus is named for US botanist James L. Reveal.[3][7]

References

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  1. ^ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1976. Phytologia 34: 376
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ^ a b King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1976. Phytologia 33(4): 277-280 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, photos of type specimen
  4. ^ D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  5. ^ Tropicos, Revealia R.M. King & H. Rob.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, homepage of James L. Reveal, Ph.D., FLS