Pterachaenia

Pterachaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cichorieae[1]
Genus:	Pterachaenia; (Benth.) Lipsch.
Binomial name
	Pterachaenia stewartii ; (Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart
Synonyms[2][1]
	Scorzonera sect. Pterachaenia Benth. & Hook.f.; Scorzonera stewartii Hook.f.;

Pterachaenia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[3][2]

There is only one known species, Pterachaenia stewartii , native to Afghanistan and Pakistan.[1][4]

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
The International Plant Names Index
Lipschitz, Sergej Julievitsch. 1939. Fragm. Monogr. Gen. Scorzon. 11. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31
Stewart, Ralph Randles. 1952. Punjab (Pakistan) For. Rec. ii. No. 1 (Cat. Pl. Rawalpindi Distr.) 50

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