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Rayjacksonia

Rayjacksonia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is one of several genera with the common name tansyaster.

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Rayjacksonia
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Machaerantherinae
Genus: Rayjacksonia
R.L.Hartm. & M.A.Lane

Rayjacksonia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.1234567 It is one of several genera with the common name tansyaster.8

The genus is named in honor of American botanist Raymond Carl Jackson.9

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References

  1. Hartman, Ronald Lee & Lane, Meredith A. 1996. Reclassification of North American Haplopappus (Compositae: Astereae) completed: Rayjacksonia gen. nov. American Journal of Botany 83(3): 368–369
  2. Tropicos, Rayjacksonia R.L. Hartm. & M.A. Lane
  3. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  4. UniProt. "Tribe Astereae". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  5. National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  6. "Polyarrhena Cass". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  7. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
  8. NRCS. "Rayjacksonia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  9. Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 437 Rayjacksonia R. L. Hartman & M. A. Lane, Amer. J. Bot. 83: 368. 1996.
  10. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  11. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps