Biology:Lepidaploa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Lepidaploa
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Lepidaploa cotoneaster
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Lepidaploa
(Cass.) Cass.
Type species
Vernonia albicaulis[1][2]
Vahl ex Pers.
Synonyms[3]
  • Vernonia subg. Lepidaploa Cass.
  • Flustula Raf.
  • Vernonia sect. Lepidaploa (Cass.) DC.

Lepidaploa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.[4][5][6]

It is a relatively large genus, formerly subsumed in the genus Vernonia.[7]

Species[3]


References

Wikidata ☰ Q1342551 entry