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Telanthophora

Telanthophora is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the groundsel tribe within the daisy family.SpeciesTelanthophora arborescens (Steetz) H.Rob. & Brettell - Panamá, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Mexico Telanthophora bartlettii H.Rob. & Brettell - Belize Telanthophora cobanensis (J.M.Coult.) H.Rob. & Brettell - Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua Telanthophora grandifolia (Less.) H.Rob. & Brettell - Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá Telanthophora serraquitchensis (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Brettell - Mexico (Chiapas), El Salvadorformerly included

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Telanthophora
Telanthophora grandifolia
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: Senecioneae
Genus: Telanthophora
H.Rob. & Brettell
Type species
Senecio arborescens1
Steetz

Telanthophora is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the groundsel tribe within the daisy family.12

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  • Telanthophora arborescens (Steetz) H.Rob. & Brettell - Panamá, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
  • Telanthophora bartlettii H.Rob. & Brettell - Belize
  • Telanthophora cobanensis (J.M.Coult.) H.Rob. & Brettell - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas), Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
  • Telanthophora grandifolia (Less.) H.Rob. & Brettell - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá
  • Telanthophora serraquitchensis (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Brettell - Mexico (Chiapas), El Salvador
formerly included3

see Senecio and Villasenoria

  • Telanthophora andrieuxii - Senecio andrieuxii
  • Telanthophora molinae - Senecio cobanensis
  • Telanthophora orcuttii - Villasenoria orcuttii
  • Telanthophora sublaciniatus - Senecio cobanensis
  • Telanthophora uspantanensis - Senecio uspantanensis
  • Telanthophora cobanensis var. molinae - Senecio cobanensis
References

References

  1. Robinson, Harold Ernest & Brettell, R. D. 1974. Phytologia 27(6): 402-439
  2. Tropicos, Telanthophora H. Rob. & Brettell
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2015-01-17 at archive.today
  4. Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
  5. Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 85: i–ix, 1–246
  6. Berendsohn, W.G. & A.E. Araniva de González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae. Cuscatlania 1(3): 290–1–290–13
  7. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, D.F.
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