Tracyina
Genus of Californian plants
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Tracyina is a genus of Californian plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2] The genus is named for Calilfornia botanist Joseph Prince Tracy, 1879–1953.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Pentachaetinae |
| Genus: | Tracyina S.F.Blake |
| Species: | T. rostrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tracyina rostrata | |
Species
The only known species is Tracyina rostrata, which is known by the common names Indian headdress[4] and beaked tracyina.[5] It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the grassy slopes of the North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area (Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Lake, Alameda, and Sonoma Counties).[6][7][5]
