Florestina Explained

Florestina is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family,^{[1] [2] [3]} native to Texas, Mexico, and Central America.^[4]

Florestina is distinguished from Palafoxia by its 3-5 lobed leaves, whitish corollas, and cypselae (achenes) which are only sparsely pubescent and with the trichomes curled (rather than straight). It is considered to be closely related to Palafoxia; some authors have suggested that the two genera should be merged.^[5]

Species^{[6] [7]}

• Florestina latifolia (DC.) Rydb. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
• Florestina liebmannii Sch.Bip. ex Greenm. - Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca
• Florestina lobata B.L.Turner - Guerrero, México State
• Florestina pedata (Cav.) Cass. - Mexico, Guatemala
• Florestina platyphylla (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Chiapas, Oaxaca
• Florestina purpurea (Brandegee) Rydb. - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Florestina simplicifolia B.L.Turner - Oaxaca
• Florestina tripteris DC. - Texas,^[8] Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán, México State

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4439490#page/13/mode/1up Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 11
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40009909 Tropicos, Florestina Cass.
3. http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Florestina Florestina in Global Compositae
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=112876 Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 392 Florestina Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1817: 11. 1817.
5. http://tolweb.org/Bahieae/22920
6. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Florestina
7. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.
8. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Florestina%20tripteris.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map