Tracyina
| Indian headdress | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae[1] |
| Genus: | Tracyina S.F.Blake |
| Species: | T. rostrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tracyina rostrata S.F.Blake | |
Tracyina is a genus of Californian plants in the aster tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]
The genus is named for Calilfornia botanist Joseph Prince Tracy, 1879–1953.[4]
- Species
The only known species is Tracyina rostrata, which is known by the common names Indian headdress[5] and beaked tracyina.[6] It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the grassy slopes of the North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area (Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Lake, Alameda, and Sonoma Counties).[1][7][6]
References
- 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Blake, Sydney Fay. 1937. Madroño 4(3): 74–77, f. 1
- ↑ Tropicos, Tracyina S.F. Blake
- ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 50, Tracyina S. F. Blake
- ↑ "Tracyina rostrata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- 1 2 Calflora, Consortium of California Herbaria, Tracyina rostrata S.F. Blake
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 distribution map
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Photo gallery
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of Tracyina rostrata
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