Flourensia

Flourensia
Flourensia cernua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Enceliinae
Genus:	Flourensia DC.[1]
Type species
Flourensia laurifolia[2][3] DC.

Flourensia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[4] It contains subshrubs and shrubs,[5] which are commonly known as tarworts.[6] They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genus name honours French physiologist Jean Pierre Flourens (1794–1867).[5]

Species[7]

• Flourensia angustifolia (DC.) S.F.Blake- Peru
• Flourensia blakeana M.O.Dillon - Argentina (Tucuman, Catamarca)
• Flourensia cajabambensis M.O.Dillon - Peru
• Flourensia campestris Griseb. - Argentina (La Rioja, San Juan, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca)
• Flourensia cernua DC. – American tarwort, tarbush - Chihuahua, Coahuila, USA (Texas New Mexico Arizona)
• Flourensia collodes (Greenm.) S.F.Blake- Chiapas, Oaxaca
• Flourensia dentata S.F.Blake - Zacatecas
• Flourensia fiebrigii S.F.Blake - Argentina, Bolivia
• Flourensia glutinosa (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) S.F.Blake - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Flourensia heterolepis S.F.Blake - Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), Peru (Cusco)
• Flourensia hirta S.F.Blake- Argentina (La Rioja, Catamarca)
• Flourensia hirtissima S.F.Blake- Argentina (Río Negro)
• Flourensia ilicifolia Brandegee- Coahuila
• Flourensia laurifolia DC. - San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo
• Flourensia leptopoda S.F.Blake - Argentina (La Rioja, San Juan)
• Flourensia macroligulata Seeligm.- Argentina (Jujuy, Tucuman)
• Flourensia macrophylla (A.Gray) S.F.Blake - Peru
• Flourensia monticola M.O. Dillon - Coahuila, Nuevo León
• Flourensia niederleinii S.F.Blake- Argentina (La Rioja)
• Flourensia oolepis S.F.Blake- Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis)
• Flourensia peruviana M.O.Dillon- Peru (Ayacucho, Huancavelica)
• Flourensia polycephala M.O.Dillon - Peru (Apurímac, Cusco)
• Flourensia polyclada S.F.Blake - Argentina
• Flourensia pringlei (A.Gray) S.F.Blake - Chihuahua, Durango, New Mexico (Hidalgo County)
• Flourensia pulcherrima M.O.Dillon- Durango
• Flourensia resinosa (Brandegee) S.F.Blake- Hidalgo, Querétaro
• Flourensia retinophylla S.F.Blake- Coahuila
• Flourensia riparia Griseb. - Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca, Tucuman)
• Flourensia solitaria S.F.Blake - Coahuila
• Flourensia suffrutescens (R.E.Fr.) S.F.Blake - Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)
• Flourensia thurifera (Molina) DC. - Chile (Coquimbo, Santiago, Valparaíso)
• Flourensia tortuosa Griseb. - Argentina (Salta, Catamarca, Tucuman)

References

1. "Genus: Flourensia DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
2. lectotype designated by S.F. Blake, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 394 (1921)
3. Tropicos, Flourensia DC.
4. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 592–593 in Latin
5. Strother, John L. "Flourensia de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 592. 1836". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
6. "Flourensia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
7. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Flourensia

External links

• Media related to Flourensia at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Flourensia at Wikispecies