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
Cnicothamnus lorentzii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Lefrovia Franch.
Species[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1874. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 19: 196-197 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Cnicothamnus Griseb.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Cnicothamnus. Preliminary Checklist of the Compositae of Bolivia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Version 2, March 2011.

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