''Anastraphia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae
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 ...
.
Tropicos, ''Anastraphia'' D. Don
/ref> It is native to the West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...
.[TellerĂa, M. C., et al. (2013)]
Pollen morphology and its taxonomic significance in the tribe Gochnatieae (Compositae, Gochnatioideae).
''Plant Systematics and Evolution'' 299(5), 935-48.
Several species formerly in ''Anastraphia'' have been transferred to the related genus '' Gochnatia''.[
; Species][Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]
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References
Asteraceae genera
Flora of the Caribbean
Gochnatioideae
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