Struchium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae[3] within the family Asteraceae.[4][5][1]
Struchium | |
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Struchium sparganophorum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
Tribe: | Vernonieae |
Genus: | Struchium P.Browne |
Type species | |
Struchium herbaceum[1] J.St.-Hil. (syn. of S. sparganophorum)[2]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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- Species[2]
- Struchium americanum Poir. – Jamaica
- Struchium sparganophorum (L.) Kuntze – Mesoamerica, South America, West Indies
References
edit- ^ a b Tropicos, Struchium P. Browne
- ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Dr. Sterling C. Keele, University of Hawai`i. Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
- ^ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts pages 312–313 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts plate 34, figure 2 line drawing of Struchium sparganophorum