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Plectocephalus
Sign in to savePlectocephalus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, it contains seven described species mostly found in Americas and one in Africa.
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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Plectocephalus, and connects out to Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
Vinony files it under Asteraceae genera and Cardueae.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- OSW, K
- Recorded in
- Malawi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Centaureinae
- Image
- Centaurea americana2.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Plectocephalus
- Commons category
- Plectocephalus
- taxon common name
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Encyclopedic overview
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Plectocephalus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, it contains seven described species mostly found in Americas and one in Africa. Species Plectocephalus americanus (Nutt.) D.Don - Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León), United States (AZ NM TX LA AR MS KS MO IL WI SC NY) Plectocephalus cachinalensis (Phil.) N.Garcia & Susanna - Atacama Region in Chile Plectocephalus chilensis G.Don ex Loudon - Chile Plectocephalus floccosus (Hook. & Arn.) N.Garcia & Susanna - Chile (Coquimbo + Valparaíso) Plectocephalus rothrockii (Greenm.) D.J.N.Hind - Mexico (from Chihuahua to Chiapas), United States (AZ NM) Plectocephalus tweediei (Hook. & Arn.) N.Garcia & Susanna - Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay (Guairá), Uruguay, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa) Plectocephalus varians (A.Rich.) - Ethiopia Formerly included Plectocephalus dracaenoides (Johow) F.H.Hellw. - Centaurodendron dracaenoides Johow
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plectocephalus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.