Thyrsanthemum is a genus of plants in the Commelinaceae, first described in 1946. The entire genus is endemic to Mexico.[1][2][3]

Thyrsanthemum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Tradescantieae
Subtribe: Thyrsanthemineae
Genus: Thyrsanthemum
Pichon
Type species
Thyrsanthemum floribundum
(M.Martens & Galeotti) Pichon
Thyrsanthemum floribundum
Species[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Hunt, D. R. 1993. Commelinaceae. 13: 130–201. In R. McVaugh (ed.) Flora Novo-Galiciana. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  3. ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria