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Sachsia (plant)

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

Sachsia is a genus of West Indian and Floridian plants in the elecampane tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3]

The genus is named in honor of German botanist Julius von Sachs, 1832–1897[3]

Species[1]
  1. Sachsia polycephala – Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Florida
  2. Sachsia tricephala - Cuba

References

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1866. Catalogus plantarum cubensium exhibens collectionem Wrightianam aliasque minores ex insula Cuba missas pages 150–151 in Latin
  3. ^ a b Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 477, Sachsia Grisebach
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