Calycera

Calycera is a genus of flowering plants in family Calyceraceae endemic to South America. It has been considered to contain 14 species, or more recently nine.[1]

Calycera
Calycera crassifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Calyceraceae
Genus: Calycera
Cav.
Type species
Calycera herbacea
Cav.
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucocera Turcz.
  • Gymnocaulus Phil.
  • Anomocarpus Miers

Species

Species include:[1]

  • Calycera calcitrapa
  • Calycera crassifolia
  • Calycera eryngioides
  • Calycera herbacea
  • Calycera horrida
  • Calycera leucanthema
  • Calycera pulvinata
  • Calycera sessiliflora
  • Calycera sympaganthera

References

  1. Denham, S.S.; Gallo, L.Z.; Pozner, R.E. (2014), "Morphology and Taxonomic Revision of Calycera", Systematic Botany, 39 (4): 1226–1249, doi:10.1600/036364414X683877, S2CID 86037383


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