Famatinanthus
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Famatinanthus is a genus in the family Asteraceae that was described in 2014 and has been assigned to its own tribe Famatinantheae and subfamily Famatinanthoideae. It contains only one known species, F. decussatus, a small shrub of ½—1¾ m (1⅔–5¾ ft) high that is an endemic of the Andes of north-western Argentina, with small, entire, oppositely set leaves and flowerheads containing about ten cream-colored, ray and disk florets, with backward coiled lobes. It is locally known as sacansa. For more than 100 years, the species was known to science only from the type collection. It was described in 1885 and originally assigned to the genus Aphyllocladus.[1]
Famatinanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Famatinanthoideae S.E.Freire, Ariza & Panero |
Tribe: | Famatinantheae S.E.Freire, Ariza & Panero |
Genus: | Famatinanthus Ariza & S.E.Freire |
Species: | F. decussatus |
Binomial name | |
Famatinanthus decussatus (Hieron.) Ariza & S.E.Freire | |
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