Taraxia Explained

Taraxia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, native to western Canada and the western and west-central United States.^[1] Nuclear DNA evidence shows that it is sister to a clade containing all genera in the tribe Onagreae except for Oenothera, Eulobus, and Chylismia.^[2]

Species

The following species are accepted:^[1]

• Taraxia breviflora
• Taraxia ovata
• Taraxia subacaulis
• Taraxia tanacetifolia

Notes and References

1. 30032480-2 . Taraxia (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Raim. . 5 September 2022 .
2. A nuclear phylogenomic study of the angiosperm order Myrtales, exploring the potential and limitations of the universal Angiosperms353 probe set . 2021 . Maurin . Olivier . Anest . Artemis . Bellot . Sidonie . Biffin . Edward . Brewer . Grace . Charles-Dominique . Tristan . Cowan . Robyn S. . Dodsworth . Steven . Epitawalage . Niroshini . Gallego . Berta . Giaretta . Augusto . Goldenberg . Renato . Gonçalves . Deise J.P. . Graham . Shirley . Hoch . Peter . Mazine . Fiorella . Low . Yee Wen . McGinnie . Catherine . Michelangeli . Fabián A. . Morris . Sarah . Penneys . Darin S. . Pérez Escobar . Oscar Alejandro . Pillon . Yohan . Pokorny . Lisa . Shimizu . Gustavo . Staggemeier . Vanessa G. . Thornhill . Andrew H. . Tomlinson . Kyle W. . Turner . Ian M. . Vasconcelos . Thais . American Journal of Botany . 108 . 7 . 1087–1111 . 10.1002/ajb2.1699 . 34297852 . 236211390 . free . 2027.42/168510 . free .