Sachsia (plant)

Sachsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Inuleae[1]
Genus: Sachsia
Griseb.

Sachsia is a genus of West Indian and Floridian plants in the elecampane tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3]

The genus is named in honor of German botanist Julius von Sachs, 1832–1897[3]

Species[1]
  1. Sachsia polycephala – Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Florida
  2. Sachsia tricephala - Cuba

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1866. Catalogus plantarum cubensium exhibens collectionem Wrightianam aliasque minores ex insula Cuba missas pages 150–151 in Latin
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 477, Sachsia Grisebach
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