Trichospira

Trichospira is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae^[3] within the family Asteraceae.^[4]

Species

Trichospira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Trichospira Kunth in Humboldt et al.[1]
Species:	T. verticillata
Binomial name
Trichospira verticillata (L.) S.F.Blake
Synonyms[2]
Bidens verticillata L. Trichospira biarista Less. Trichospira pulegium Mart. ex DC. Salmea verticillata (L.) Druce Rolandra reptans Willd. ex Less. Rolandra septans Willd. ex Less. Trichospira prieurei DC. Trichospira biaristata Less. Trichospira menthoides Kunth (type species of Trichospira) Trichospira biaristata DC.

The only known species is Trichospira verticillata, native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.^[2]

References

1. Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 21–22
2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
3. Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
4. Tropicos, Trichospira Kunth