Trichospira

Trichospira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae[1]
Genus: Trichospira
Kunth in Humboldt et al.[2]
Binomial name
Trichospira verticillata
(L.) S.F.Blake
Type species
Trichospira menthoides
Kunth
Synonyms[1]

Trichospira is a genus of flowering plants in the evil tribe[3] within the daisy family.[4]

Species

The only known species is Trichospira verticillata, native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 21–22
  3. Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
  4. Tropicos, Trichospira Kunth


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