Trichospira
Display parents3
GenusTrichospira
Parent authorityKunth in Humboldt et al.[1]
Speciesverticillata
Authority(L.) S.F.Blake
Synonyms
  • 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.

Trichospira is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae[2] within the family Asteraceae.[3]

Species

The only known species is Trichospira verticillata, native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.[4]

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. ^ Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
  3. ^ Tropicos, Trichospira Kunth
  4. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist