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Spiracantha

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Spiracantha is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Spiracantha is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela.

It sits within the topics Flora of Central America, Flora of Southeastern Mexico and Flora of Southern America.

Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Native toBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
16
With media
10
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
US, NY, MNHN, BRIT, VT, UF
Recorded in
Madagascar, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Asteraceae
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taxon name
Spiracantha
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
dogwoodleaf
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Encyclopedic overview

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Spiracantha is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae. Species The only known species is Spiracantha cornifolia, native to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Venezuela, Colombia, Central America, and southern Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula).

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spiracantha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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