Palafoxia arida

Palafoxia arida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Bahieae
Genus: Palafoxia
Species: Palafoxia arida

Name

Palafoxia arida B.L.Turner & M.I.Morris, 1975

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Palafoxia arida var. gigantea (M.E.Jones) B.L.Turner & M.I.Morris in Madroño 23: 80 (1975)
  • Palafoxia linearis var. gigantea M.E.Jones in Contr. W. Bot. 18: 79 (1933)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. USA (Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sonora) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Primary references

• B.L.Turner & M.I.Morris, 1975. Madroño 23(2): 79–80.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Palafoxia arida. Published online. Accessed Dec. 22 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Palafoxia arida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Dec. 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Palafoxia arida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 22 Dec. 2017.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Palafoxia arida. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Dec 22. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Spanish Needles, Desert Palafox

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