Tracyina Explained

Tracyina is a genus of Californian plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]} The genus is named for Calilfornia botanist Joseph Prince Tracy, 1879–1953.^[3]

Species

The only known species is Tracyina rostrata, which is known by the common names Indian headdress and beaked tracyina. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the grassy slopes of the North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area (Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Lake, Alameda, and Sonoma Counties).^{[4] [5] [6]}

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• UC CalPhotos gallery
• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of Tracyina rostrata

Notes and References

1. Blake, Sydney Fay. 1937. Madroño 4(3): 74–77, f. 1
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016220 Tropicos, Tracyina S.F. Blake
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=133266 Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 50, Tracyina S. F. Blake
4. https://archive.today/20150118060730/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Tracyina Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
5. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Tracyina%20rostrata.png Biota of North America Program 2013 distribution map
6. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Tracyina+rostrata Calflora, Consortium of California Herbaria, Tracyina rostrata S.F. Blake