Carminatia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Carminatia
Moc. ex DC.[1][2]
Type species
Carminatia tenuiflora

Carminatia is a genus of annual plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native primarily to Mexico, but also the southwestern United States and Central America.[2][1]

Description

These plants have erect stems which are unbranched or have few branches and grow 10 centimeters (4 inches) to well over 100 centimeters (40 inches) in height. The leaves are mostly opposite, but on the upper stem they may be alternately arranged. The cylindrical flower heads are just a few millimeters wide and are arranged in narrow or spikelike inflorescences. They contain 8 to 12 greenish or whitish disc florets. The fruit is a cypsela with a pappus of several plumelike bristles or scales.[2]

Species[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Turner, B. T. (1988). Taxonomy of Carminatia (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 160(3-4) 169-79.
  2. 1 2 3 "Carminatia". Flora of North America.
  3. Tropicos, Carminatia Moc. ex DC.
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
  6. B. L. Turner. 2009. Carminatia papagayana (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae), A new species from western Guerrero, Mexico.
  7. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map


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