''Adenoon'' is a
genus of flowering plants in the
daisy family
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
described in 1850.
There is only one known species, ''
Adenoon indicum'', native to the
Western Ghats (
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
,
Goa,
Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu and
Kerala) of southwestern
India.
The Plant List, ''Adenoon indicum'' Dalzell
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References
Monotypic Asteraceae genera
Endemic flora of India (region)
Plants described in 1850
Flora of Goa
Flora of Karnataka
Flora of Tamil Nadu
Flora of Kerala
Flora of Maharashtra
Taxa named by Nicol Alexander Dalzell
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