Chrysactinia truncata
| Chrysactinia truncata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Chrysactinia |
| Species: | C. truncata
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysactinia truncata | |
Chrysactinia truncata is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northeastern Mexico, the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.[1][2][3]
Chrysactinia truncata is a shrub up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. Leaves are narrowly triangular, with the widest part at the tip. Flower heads have yellow ray flowers and yellow disc flowers. Achenes are black. The species grows in forests and chaparral brushlands.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.
- ^ Strother, J. L. 1977. Taxonomy of Chrysactinia, Harnackia, and Lescaillea (Compositae: Tageteae). Madroño 24: 129–139.
- ^ a b José Luis Villaseñor y María del Rosario Redonda–Martínez. 2009. El género Chrysactinia (Asteraceae, tribu Tageteae) en México. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad 80(1) in Spanish with line drawings and distribution maps
- ^ Watson, Sereno 1890. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 154
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