Chrysogonum

Chrysogonum
Chrysogonum virginianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Chrysogonum
L.
Type species
Chrysogonum virginianum
L.
Synonyms[1]

Chrysogonum is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. The plants are terrestrial herbs with yellow flower heads containing both disc florets and ray florets.[2][3][4][5][6]

Species[7]
  1. Chrysogonum perrieri (Humbert) Humbert - Madagascar
  2. Chrysogonum virginianum L. - eastern United States

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 920-921 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Chrysogonum L.
  4. Flora of North America, Chrysogonum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 920. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 391. 1754.
  5. Nesom, G. L. 2001. Taxonomic review of Chrysogonum (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Sida 19: 811–820.
  6. Stuessy, T. F. 1977. Revision of Chrysogonum (Compositae, Heliantheae). Rhodora 79: 190–202.
  7. The Plant List search for Chrysogonum
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