Cnicothamnus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4] Its species are small trees which can reach 5m in height, bearing alternate ovate and dentate leaves with a whitish pubescence. The inflorescences, borne at branch tips, are bell-shaped capitula of a bright orange colour, and usually appear during local winter. Their fruit (which can be described as a cypsela) bears a rough plume.[5]
| Cnicothamnus | |
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| Cnicothamnus lorentzii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Gochnatioideae |
| Tribe: | Gochnatieae |
| Genus: | Cnicothamnus Griseb. |
| Type species | |
| Cnicothamnus lorentzii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Cnicothamnus azafran, native to Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay[6]
- Cnicothamnus lorentzii, native to Argentina and Bolivia
References
edit- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1874. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 19: 196-197 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Cnicothamnus Griseb.
- ^ Tellería, M. C., et al. (2013). Pollen morphology and its taxonomic significance in the tribe Gochnatieae (Compositae, Gochnatioideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 299(5), 935-48.
- ^ Killeen, T. J.; García E., E. & Beck, S. G. (1993). Guía de Arboles de Bolivia. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia + Missouri Botanical Garden, La Paz. p.232.
- ^ Cnicothamnus. Preliminary Checklist of the Compositae of Bolivia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Version 2, March 2011.
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