genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of shrubs 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 ...
, native to
North
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Etymology
The word ''no ...
and
South America
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including the
West Indies
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.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the
corolla
Corolla may refer to:
*Corolla (botany), the petals of a flower, considered as a unit
*Toyota Corolla, an automobile model name
* Corolla (headgear), an ancient headdress in the form of a circlet or crown
* ''Corolla'' (gastropod), a genus of moll ...
. The generic name is derived from (), the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
Trixis calcicola
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' B.L.Rob. - Guerrero
* ''
Trixis californica
''Trixis californica '', the American threefold or American trixis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern United States in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, and in Mexico in th ...
'' Kellogg – American threefold - USA (CA AZ NM TX), Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Nuevo León)
* '' Trixis chiapensis'' C.E.Anderson - Guatemala, Chiapas
* '' Trixis erosa'' Sw. - Costa Rica, West Indies
* '' Trixis glaziovii'' Baker - Paraná,
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, third-most populous state, and the List of largest citi ...
Trixis haenkei
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived fr ...
'' Sch.Bip. - Durango, Sinaloa
* ''
Trixis hassleri
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived fr ...
'' Chodat - Paraguay
* ''
Trixis hyposericea
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived fr ...
'' S.Wats. - Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit
* ''
Trixis inula
''Trixis inula,'' the tropical threefold, is a plant species native to Texas, Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and the West Indies. It is found on open, sandy sites such as roadsides, thorn scrub, thickets, etc.
''Trixis inu ...
'' Crantz – Tropical threefold - USA (TX), Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela
* ''
Trixis lessingii
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' DC. - Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil
* ''
Trixis longifolia
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived fr ...
'' D.Don - México State, Sinaloa
* ''
Trixis megalophylla
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' Greenm. - México State, Oaxaca, Puebla
* ''
Trixis mexicana
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' Lex. - Michoacán
* ''
Trixis michuacana
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' Lex. - Michoacán, Jalisco, Nayarit
* ''
Trixis nelsonii
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North America, North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the Petal#Corolla, corolla. The g ...
'' Greenm. - Guatemala, Chiapas, Oaxaca
* ''
Trixis nobilis
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' (Vell.) Katinas - Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina
* ''
Trixis ophiorhiza
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' Gardner - Bolivia, Brazil
* ''
Trixis pallida
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived fr ...
'' Less. - Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina
* ''
Trixis parviflora
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' C.E.Anderson - Oaxaca
* ''
Trixis peruviana
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' Katinas - Peru
* ''
Trixis praestans
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' (Vell.) Cabrera - Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina
* ''
Trixis pringlei
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived fr ...
'' B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Guerrero, Oaxaca
* ''
Trixis proustioides
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived fr ...
'' Hieron. - Colombia
* ''
Trixis pterocaulis
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived fr ...
Trixis silvatica
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Oaxaca
* ''
Trixis spicata
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' Gardner - Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil
* ''
Trixis thyrsoidea
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' Dusén ex Malme - southern Brazil
* ''
Trixis vauthieri
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' DC. - eastern Brazil
* ''
Trixis verbascifolia
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' (Gardner) S.F.Blake -
Minas Gerais
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,
Rio de Janeiro
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* ''
Trixis villosa
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
'' (Spreng.) Sch.Bip. - Brazil
; Formerly included
Numerous species once included in ''Trixis'' but now considered better suited to other genera: '' Acourtia
Clibadium
''Clibadium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamerica ...
Dolichlasium
''Dolichlasium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
There is only one known species, ''Dolichlasium lagascae'', endemic to Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argenti ...
Riencourtia
''Riencourtia'' is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.Asteraceae genera
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