Plectocephalus
Plectocephalus is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
- Plectocephalus americanus (Nutt.) D.Don - Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León), United States (AZ NM TX LA AR MS KS MO IL WI SC NY)
 - Plectocephalus cachinalensis (Phil.) N.Garcia & Susanna - Atacama Region in Chile
 - Plectocephalus chilensis G.Don ex Loudon - Chile
 - Plectocephalus floccosus (Hook. & Arn.) N.Garcia & Susanna - Chile (Coquimbo + Valparaíso)
 - Plectocephalus rothrockii (Greenm.) D.J.N.Hind - Mexico (from Chihuahua to Chiapas), United States (AZ NM)
 - Plectocephalus tweediei (Hook. & Arn.) N.Garcia & Susanna - Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay (Guairá), Uruguay, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa)
 - Plectocephalus varians (A.Rich.) - Ethiopia
 
- Formerly included[1]
 
| Plectocephalus | |
|---|---|
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| Plectocephalus americanus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae | 
| Tribe: | Cardueae | 
| Subtribe: | Centaureinae | 
| Genus: | Plectocephalus D.Don  | 
| Type species | |
| Plectocephalus americanus (Nutt.) D.Don  | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Plectocephalus dracaenoides (Johow) F.H.Hellw. - Centaurodendron dracaenoides Johow
References
    
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
 - Don, David in Sweet, Robert. 1830. British flower garden: containing coloured figures & descriptions of the most ornamental & curious hardy herbaceous plants vol 4 in some copies, vol 2(1) in others, plate 51 in either version
 - The International Plant Names Index
 - Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
 
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