Baccharis intermedia

Baccharis intermedia is a species of shrub native to Chile.[1] The species was first formally described by the botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1836.[1]

Baccharis intermedia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Baccharis
Species:
B. intermedia
Binomial name
Baccharis intermedia
DC., 1836
Distribution of Baccharis intermedia
Synonyms

Baccharis gayana Phil.

Distribution

This species is common on coastal hills of central Chile.[2]

Natural hybridisation

It is observed in areas, in which the habitats of Baccharis linearis and Baccharis macraei overlap or come into close contact. It is a natural hybrid of the aforementioned species and is part of a homoploid hybrid swarm. The morphology is intermediate in all aspects and shows all variations from both extremes of the parental phenotypes to intermediate forms. This is due to the back-crossing of hybrids with the parent species.[3] The intermediate morphology is also reflected in the specific epithet intermedia, which suggests this species is intermediate between others.

References
  1. "Baccharis intermedia DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. Hellwig, F. (30.11.1990). Die Gattung Baccharis L. (Compositae - Asteraceae) in Chile. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München.
  3. Faini, Francesca; Hellwlg, Frank; Labbé, Cecilia; Castillo, Mariano (January 1991). "Hybridization in the Genus Baccharis : Baccharis linearis χ B. macraei". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 19 (1): 53–57. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(91)90113-E.


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