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Hymenoxys tweediei

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Species of flowering plant

Hymenoxys tweediei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hymenoxys
Species: H. tweediei
Binomial name
Hymenoxys tweediei
Hook. & Arn. 1841
Synonyms
  • Actinea tweediei (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze
  • Actinella tweediei (Hook. & Arn.) Malme

Hymenoxys tweediei is a South American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It has been found mostly in Uruguay with a few populations in northeastern Argentina (Entre Rios Province) and southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul).

Hymenoxys tweediei is a succulent annual up to 35 cm (14 in) tall. Leaves are divided in thin, narrow segments. Flower heads each contain 135-196 disc flowers and 7-9 ray flowers.

References

  1. The Plant List, Hymenoxys tweediei Hook. & Arn.
  2. ^ Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1962. South American Species of Hymenoxys (Compositae). Leaflets of Western Botany 9: 197-224 descriptions in Latin and English, commentary in English, pages 202-203
  3. Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1962. South American Species of Hymenoxys (Compositae). Leaflets of Western Botany 9: Plate 1 distribution map; key to symbols on page 200
  4. Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1962. South American Species of Hymenoxys (Compositae). Leaflets of Western Botany 9: Plates 2 + 3 line drawings; captions on page 200
  5. Hooker, William Jackson Arnott, George Arnott Walker 1841. Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 3: 323
Taxon identifiers
Hymenoxys tweediei


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