Misbrookea Explained

Misbrookea is a genus of South American plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.^{[1] [2]} The genus is named in honour of Miss Winifred M. A. Brooke.

SpeciesThe only known species is Misbrookea strigosissima, native to Peru and Bolivia.^[3]

External links

• photo of type specimen at Field Museum in Chicago

Notes and References

1. https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2807702?sid=21105097373231&uid=3739256&uid=3739888&uid=4&uid=2 Funk, Victoria Ann. 1997. Misbrookea, a New Monotypic genus Removed from Werneria s.l. (Compositae: Senecioneae). Brittonia 49(1): 110-117
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50091326 Tropicos, Misbrookea V.A. Funk
3. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist