Roldana

Roldana also known as groundsel is a genus of large herbs or subshrubs from the tribe groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3][4]

Roldana
Roldana petasitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
(unranked):
(unranked):
(unranked):
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Roldana

La Llave ex Lex.
Type species
Roldana lobata
Synonyms[1]
  • Pericalia Cass.
  • Senecio sect. Palmatinervii Greenm.

Most if not all of its members used to be members of a related genus,Senecio. The species which are native to Southwest United States, Mexico and Central America and naturalized elsewhere.[5][6]

Species[1]
formerly included[1]

several species now regarded as better suited to other genera: Senecio Trixis

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at Archive.today
  2. La Llave, Pablo de & Lexarza, Juan José Martinez de. 1825. Novorum Vegetabilium Descriptiones 2: 10
  3. Turner, B. L. 2006. A recension of the Mexican species of Roldana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae). Phytologia 87(3): 204–249.
  4. Tropicos, Roldana La Llave
  5. Funston, A. Michele. "230. Roldana La Llave". Flora of North America. 20: Page 542, 620.
  6. "ROLDANA". Flora of Australia Online. Retrieved 2008-05-23.

Media related to Roldana at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.