Chloracantha spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L.Nesom; 1991

Homotypic
- Aster spinosus Benth. in Pl. Hartw.: 20 (1839)
- Leucosyris spinosa (Benth.) Greene in Pittonia 3: 244 (1897)
Heterotypic
- Chloracantha australis G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2018-58: 6 (2018)
- Chloracantha spinosa var. strictospinosa S.D.Sundb. in Phytologia 70: 389 (1991)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southern USA
  - Arizona, California, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá

Nesom, G.L., Suh, Y.B., Morgan, D.R., Sundberg, S.D. & Simpson, B.B. 1991. Chloracantha A new genus of North American Astereae. Phytologia 70(5): 371–381. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Chloracantha spinosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Chloracantha spinosa. Published online. Accessed: Sep 21 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Chloracantha spinosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Sep 2020.
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English: spiny aster