Rolandra

Rolandra
Rolandra fruticosa in French Guiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Vernonioideae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Rolandra Rottb.
Species:	R. fruticosa
Binomial name
Rolandra fruticosa (L.) Kuntze
Synonyms1
Echinops fruticosus L. Rolandra argentea Rottb. (type species of Rolandra) Rolandra monacantha Cass. Rolandra diacantha Cass. Echinops nodiflorus Lam. Echinops fruticosa L.

Rolandra is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae² within the family Asteraceae.³⁴

Species

The only species is Rolandra fruticosa, native to Central and South America plus the West Indies. It is also reportedly naturalized in Japan and Java.¹⁵

Formerly included¹

see Ichthyothere Trichospira

• Rolandra reptans Willd. ex Less. - Trichospira verticillata (L.) S.F.Blake
• Rolandra septans Willd. ex Less. - Trichospira verticillata (L.) S.F.Blake
• Rolandra terminalis Spreng. - Ichthyothere terminalis (Spreng.) S.F.Blake