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Genus of flowering plants

Misbrookea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Misbrookea
V.A.Funk
Species: M. strigosissima
Binomial name
Misbrookea strigosissima
(A.Gray) V.A.Funk
Synonyms
  • Werneria strigosissima A.Gray
  • Werneria boraginifolia Kuntze
  • Werneria setosa Wedd. ex Sch.Bip.

Misbrookea is a genus of South American plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family. The genus is named in honour of Miss Winifred M. A. Brooke.

Species

The only known species is Misbrookea strigosissima, native to Peru and Bolivia.

References

  1. The Plant List, Misbrookea strigosissima (A.Gray) V.A.Funk
  2. ^ Funk, Victoria Ann. 1997. Misbrookea, a New Monotypic genus Removed from Werneria s.l. (Compositae: Senecioneae). Brittonia 49(1): 110-117
  3. Tropicos, Misbrookea V.A. Funk
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today

External links

Taxon identifiers
Misbrookea
Misbrookea strigosissima


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