Burkartia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae,[2] containing the single species Burkartia lanigera.[3] It is endemic to southern Argentina (Provinces of Chubut, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz).[4][1]

Burkartia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Nassauvieae
Genus: Burkartia
Crisci
Species:
B. lanigera
Binomial name
Burkartia lanigera
(Hook. & Arn.) Crisci
Synonyms[1]

Perezia lanigera

This species was formerly in genus Perezia, but it was separated because it has woolly trichomes in the leaf axils, a character not seen in any other Perezia.[5] The genus Burkartia was erected for it in 1976.[6] Molecular phylogenetic analyses in 2009 supported its separation from Perezia.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Crisci, Jorge Victor. 1976. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 17(3–4): 242
  3. ^ Burkartia. The Plant List.
  4. ^ Katinas, L., et al. (2007). Panorama de la familia Asteraceae (=Compositae) en la República Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 42(1-2), 113-29.
  5. ^ a b Simpson, B. B., et al. (2009). Phylogeny and evolution of Perezia (Asteraceae: Mutisieae: Nassauviinae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 47(5), 431-43.
  6. ^ Crisci, J. V. (1976). Burkartia: Nuevo género de Mutisieae (Compositae). Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 17, 241–46.