Thymophylla

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Thymophylla is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.[3][2][4] Pricklyleaf is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]

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Thymophylla
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae
Subtribe: Pectidinae
Genus: Thymophylla
Lag.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gnaphalopsis DC.
  • Hymenatherum sect. Heterochromea A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Aurantiacae Strother
  • Hymenatherum sect. Aciphyllaea (Willd.) A.Gray
  • Lowellia A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Hymenatherum (Cass.) Strother
  • Aciphyllaea (DC.) A.Gray
  • Hymenatherum sect. Gnaphalopsis (DC.) A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Gnaphalopsis (DC.) Strother
  • Dyssodia sect. Aciphyllaea DC.
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Seeds of Thymophylla tenuiloba

The generic name is derived from the Greek words θύμον (thymon), meaning "thyme", and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf".[6]

Species[2][7][8][9]
formerly included[2]

see Adenophyllum

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