Barnadesia

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Barnadesia is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[2][3] It is native to South America, where it is distributed from Colombia to northern Argentina, with most species occurring in the Andes.[4] Common names include clavelillo, chivo caspi, espino de gato, and espino santo.[4]

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Barnadesia
Barnadesia sp.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Barnadesioideae
Tribe: Barnadesieae
Genus: Barnadesia
Mutis ex L.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Penthea (D.Don) Spach 1841, illegitimate homonym, not Penthea Lindl. 1835 (Orchidaceae)
  • Bacasia Ruiz & Pav.
  • Diacantha Less.
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These plants are mainly shrubs and small trees,[5] the largest exceeding four meters in height.[6] The stems are spiny. The flower heads contain pink, red, or purple florets, including 8 to 13 hairy ray florets and usually either one or three disc florets. The ray floret yields a fruit with a plumelike pappus, and the fruit from a disc floret has a more "bristle-like contorted pappus".[5]

Species[1][7][8]
  • Barnadesia aculeata
  • Barnadesia arborea
  • Barnadesia blakeana
  • Barnadesia caryophylla
  • Barnadesia ciliata
  • Barnadesia corymbosa
  • Barnadesia dombeyana
  • Barnadesia glomerata
  • Barnadesia horrida
  • Barnadesia inermis
  • Barnadesia jelskii
  • Barnadesia kingii
  • Barnadesia lehmannii
  • Barnadesia macbridei
  • Barnadesia macrocephala
  • Barnadesia odorata
  • Barnadesia parviflora
  • Barnadesia polyacantha
  • Barnadesia pycnophylla
  • Barnadesia reticulata
  • Barnadesia spinosa
  • Barnadesia woodii
  • Barnadesia wurdackii

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