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Calycera

Calycera is a genus of flowering plants in family Calyceraceae endemic to South America. It formerly contained up to 14 species. Six are currently accepted.

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Calycera
Calycera crassifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Calyceraceae
Genus: Calycera
Cav. (1797)
Type species
Calycera herbacea
Cav.
Synonyms1
  • Discophytum Miers (1847)
  • Gymnocaulus Phil. (1856)

Calycera is a genus of flowering plants in family Calyceraceae native to South America. It formerly contained up to 14 species.2 Six are currently accepted.1

Species

Species include:

  • Calycera calcitrapa Griseb.
  • Calycera crassifolia (Miers) Hicken
  • Calycera herbacea Cav.
  • Calycera monocephala (Phil.) S.Denham & Pozner
  • Calycera necronensis (Zav.-Gallo, S.Denham & Pozner) S.Denham & Pozner
  • Calycera pulvinata J.Rémy
References

References

  1. Calycera Cav. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  2. Denham, S.S.; Gallo, L.Z.; Pozner, R.E. (2014), "Morphology and Taxonomic Revision of Calycera", Systematic Botany, 39 (4): 1226–1249, doi:10.1600/036364414X683877, hdl:11336/36559, S2CID 86037383