''Florestina'' 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 flowering plants in the

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, native to

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, and

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. ''Florestina'' is distinguished from ''

Palafoxia ''Palafoxia'', or palafox, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the Bahia tribe within the Asteraceae (sunflower family). Description The erect, slender stem grows tall, branching in the lower half and is sparsely leaved. It is g ...

'' by its 3-5 lobed leaves, whitish corollas, and

cypselae Asteraceae () is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger fam ...

(

achenes An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not open ...

) which are only sparsely Pubescent (botany), pubescent and with the trichomes curled (rather than straight). It is considered to be closely related to ''

;'' some authors have suggested that the two genera should be merged. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for ''Florestina''
/ref> * ''Florestina latifolia'' (DC.) Rydb. -

, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua * ''Florestina liebmannii'' Sch.Bip. ex Greenm. - Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca * ''Florestina lobata'' B.L.Turner - Guerrero, México State * ''Florestina pedata'' (Cav.) Cass. -

, Guatemala * ''Florestina platyphylla'' (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Chiapas, Oaxaca * ''Florestina purpurea'' (Brandegee) Rydb. - Oaxaca, Puebla * ''Florestina simplicifolia'' B.L.Turner - Oaxaca * ''Florestina tripteris'' DC. -

,Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
/ref> Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán, México State

References

Asteraceae genera Bahieae Flora of Northern America {{Asteroideae-stub