Bombycilaena Explained

Bombycilaena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]} They are native to Europe, North Africa, southwestern Asia, + western North America.^[3]

species^[4]

• Bombycilaena californica - California, Oregon, Baja California
• Bombycilaena discolor - Mediterranean + southwest Asia from Spain + Morocco to Iran
• Bombycilaena erecta - Europe, + southwest Asia from Portugal + Morocco to Ukraine + Afghanistan

Notes and References

1. Smoljaninova. 1955. Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariya Botanicheskogo Instituta Imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk S S S R. Leningrad 17: 448
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029143 Tropicos, Bombycilaena Smoljaninova
3. http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7529808&PTRefFk=7000000 Bombycilaena.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Bombycilaena/ Bombycilaena.