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Ratibida

Ratibida is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie coneflowers or mexican-hat.

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Length
330 w
Citations
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Source
Prairie coneflowers
Ratibida columnifera
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: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Rudbeckiinae
Genus: Ratibida
Raf.1
Type species
Ratibida sulcata
Raf.
Synonyms2
  • Lepachys Raf.
  • Obeliscaria sect. Ratibida (Raf.) DC.
  • Obeliscaria sect. Lepachys (Raf.) DC.
  • Obelisteca Raf.
  • Obeliscaria Cass.

Ratibida is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.13 Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie coneflowers456 or mexican-hat.7

Species

There are 7 species:28910

References

References

  1. "Genus: Ratibida Raf". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2015-01-04 at archive.today
  3. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1817. Florula Ludoviciana, page 73
  4. "Ratibida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  5. Tropicos, Ratibida Raf.
  6. Richards, E. L. 1968. A monograph of the genus Ratibida. Rhodora 70: 348–393.
  7. "Ratibida". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.
  8. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  9. "GRIN Species Records of Ratibida". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  10. Urbatsch, Lowell E.; Cox, Patricia B. (2006). "Ratibida". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
External links
  • Media related to Ratibida at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Ratibida at Wikispecies