Xiphochaeta (plant)

Xiphochaeta is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Vernonieae[2] within the family Asteraceae.[3][4][5][6]

Species

Xiphochaeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Vernonieae[1]
Genus:
Xiphochaeta

Binomial name
Xiphochaeta aquatica
Synonyms[1]
  • Stilpnopappus viridis Benth. ex Baker
  • Stilpnopappus aquaticus (Poepp.) M.O.Dillon

The only known species is Xiphochaeta aquatica, native to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.[1][7]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
  3. Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich. 1843. Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica :annis MDCCCXXVII ad MDCCCXXXII 3: 44-45 in Latin
  4. Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich. 1843. Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica :annis MDCCCXXVII ad MDCCCXXXII 3: plate CCL (250) full-page color illustration showing Xiphochaeta aquatica
  5. Tropicos, Xiphochaeta Poepp.
  6. Robinson, H. 1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 89: i–iii, 1–116
  7. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584


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