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Chrysactinia pinnata

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Chrysactinia pinnata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysactinia
Species:
C. pinnata
Binomial name
Chrysactinia pinnata

Chrysactinia pinnata is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northeastern Mexico, the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.[1][2][3]

Chrysactinia pinnata is a shrub up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. Leaves are pinnately lobed. Flower heads have yellow ray flowers and yellow-orange disc flowers. Achenes are black. The species grows in forests and chaparral brushlands.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.
  2. ^ Strother, J. L. 1977. Taxonomy of Chrysactinia, Harnackia, and Lescaillea (Compositae: Tageteae). Madroño 24: 129–139.
  3. ^ a b José Luis Villaseñor y María del Rosario Redonda–Martínez. 2009. El género Chrysactinia (Asteraceae, tribu Tageteae) en México. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad 80(1) in Spanish with line drawings and distribution maps
  4. ^ Watson, Sereno 1890. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 154–155
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