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Trixis
Trixis californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Nassauvieae
Genus: Trixis
P.Browne 1756 not Adans. 1763 (Haloragaceae) nor Sw. 1788 (syn of Clibadium in Asteraceae)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Prionanthes Schrank
  • Bowmania Gardner
  • Cleanthes D.Don
  • Bowmannia Gardner
  • Tenorea Colla
  • Castra Vell.

Trixis is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.[3][4]

Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds[5] due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from τριχος (trixos), the Greek word for 'threefold'.[6][7]

Species[2][8][9]
Formerly included

Numerous species once included in Trixis but now considered better suited to other genera: Acourtia Clibadium Dolichlasium Holocheilus Perezia Riencourtia

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, search for Trixis
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-28 at archive.today
  3. ^ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts page 312
  4. ^ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts plate 33, figure 1 on left engraved black + white illustration
  5. ^ a b "Trixis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  6. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2737. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3.
  7. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 75, Threefold, Trixis P. Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica. 312, plate 33, fig. 1. 1756.
  8. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Trixis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  9. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  • Anderson, C. (1972). "A monograph of the Mexican and Central American species of Trixis (Compositae)". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 22 (3): 1–68.
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