Chresta

Chresta is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4]

Species[2]
  • Chresta amplexifolia Dematt., Roque & Miranda Gonç.
  • Chresta angustifolia Gardner
  • Chresta curumbensis (Philipson) H.Rob.
  • Chresta exsucca DC.
  • Chresta harleyi (DC.) H.Rob.
  • Chresta hatschbachii H.Rob.
  • Chresta martii (DC.) H.Rob.
  • Chresta pinnatifida (Philipson) H.Rob.
  • Chresta plantaginifolia (Less.) Gardner
  • Chresta pycnocephala DC.
  • Chresta scapigera (Less.) Gardner
  • Chresta souzae H.Rob.
  • Chresta speciosa Gardner
  • Chresta sphaerocephala DC.

Chresta
Chresta sphaerocephala
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Chresta
Vell. ex DC.
Type species
Chresta sphaerocephala
Synonyms[2]
  • Eremanthus sect. Pycnocephalum (Less.) Baker
  • Argyrovernonia MacLeish
  • Glaziovianthus G.M.Barroso
  • Chresta Vell.
  • Vernonia sect. Pycnocephalum Less.
  • Chresta sect. Euchresta Gardner
  • Eremanthus sect. Chresta (DC.) Baker
  • Stachyanthus DC.

References
  1. lectotype designated by H. Robinson, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 89: 49 (1999)
  2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 85. in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Chresta Vell. ex DC.


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