Lygodesmia

Lygodesmia
Lygodesmia grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Microseridinae
Genus: Lygodesmia
D.Don
Type species
Prenanthes juncea[1]
Pursh
Synonyms[2]

Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant,[3] is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][4]

The name derives from the Greek lygos, a pliant twig, and desme, a bundle, because of the fascicled twiggy or rush-like stems of the plants.[5]

Species[2][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Don, David. 1829. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 6: 311 in Latin
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 369 Skeletonplant, Lygodesmia D. Don
  4. ^ Tropicos, Lygodesmia D. Don
  5. ^ Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre: Shinnersoseris rostrata, Plant Characterization Abstract.
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Lygodesmia juncea


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