Biology:Calycera

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Calycera
Calycera crassifolia 1.jpg
Calycera crassifolia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Calyceraceae
Genus: Calycera
Cav. (1797)
Type species
Calycera herbacea
Cav.
Synonyms[1]
  • Discophytum Miers (1847)
  • Gymnocaulus Phil. (1856)

Calycera is a genus of flowering plants in family Calyceraceae endemic to South America. It formerly contained up to 14 species.[2] Six are currently accepted.[1]

Species

Species include:

  • Calycera calcitrapa Griseb.
  • Calycera crassifolia (Miers) Hicken
  • Calycera herbacea Cav.
  • Calycera monocephala (Phil.) S.Denham & Pozner
  • Calycera necronensis (Zav.-Gallo, S.Denham & Pozner) S.Denham & Pozner
  • Calycera pulvinata J.Rémy

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Calycera Cav. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  2. Denham, S.S.; Gallo, L.Z.; Pozner, R.E. (2014), "Morphology and Taxonomic Revision of Calycera", Systematic Botany 39 (4): 1226–1249, doi:10.1600/036364414X683877 

Wikidata ☰ Q2934547 entry