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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Tracyina rostrata | |
Species edit
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]
References edit
- ^ Blake, Sydney Fay. 1937. Madroño 4(3): 74–77, f. 1
- ^ Tropicos, Tracyina S.F. Blake
- ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 50, Tracyina S. F. Blake
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tracyina rostrata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ a b Calflora, Consortium of California Herbaria, Tracyina rostrata S.F. Blake
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 distribution map
External links edit
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- UC CalPhotos gallery
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of Tracyina rostrata
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