''Ixeris'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Asia
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n flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
.
Concepts of which species should be included in the genus have changed in recent years because of the use of molecular investigations.
Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 331 苦荬菜属 ku mai cai shu ''Ixeris'' (Cassini) Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 25: 62. 1822.
/ref> Numerous species formerly regarded as members of ''Ixeris'' have been moved to other genera; ''( Agoseris'', '' Crepidiastrum'', '' Ixeridium'', ''Lactuca
''Lactuca'', commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia.
Its best-known representative is the garden lettuce ...
'', '' Paraixeris'', '' Paraprenanthes'', '' Sonchella'' or '' Youngia).''[ Species remaining in ''Ixeris'' or of uncertain affiliations are listed below.
; Species][
]
References
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Asteraceae genera
Cichorieae
Taxa named by Henri Cassini