Rolandra

Rolandra
Rolandra fruticosa in French Guiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Rolandra Rottb.
Species:	R. fruticosa
Binomial name
Rolandra fruticosa (L.) Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
Echinops fruticosus L. Rolandra argentea Rottb. (type species of Rolandra) Rolandra monacantha Cass. Rolandra diacantha Cass. Echinops nodiflorus Lam. Echinops fruticosa L.

Rolandra is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae[2] within the family Asteraceae.[3][4]

Species

The only species is Rolandra fruticosa, native to Central and South America plus the West Indies. It is also reportedly naturalized in Japan and Java.[1][5]

Formerly included[1]

see Ichthyothere Trichospira

• Rolandra reptans Willd. ex Less. - Trichospira verticillata (L.) S.F.Blake
• Rolandra septans Willd. ex Less. - Trichospira verticillata (L.) S.F.Blake
• Rolandra terminalis Spreng. - Ichthyothere terminalis (Spreng.) S.F.Blake

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
3. Rottbøll, Christen Friis. 1775. Societatis Medicae Havniensis Collectanea 2: 256
4. Tropicos, Rolandra Rottb.
5. The Plant List search for Rolandra