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 shrubs 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 ...
, native to
North
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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. The generic name is derived from (), the
Greek
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Trixis aggregata
''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 ...
'' Rusby - Bolivia
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Trixis alata
''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 ...
Trixis angustifolia
''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. - San Luis Potosí
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Trixis anomala
''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.Turner - Chiapas
* ''
Trixis antimenorrhoea
''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 ...
'' (Schrank) Mart. ex Baker - South America
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Trixis bowmanii
''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 ...
'' Baker - Brazil
* ''
Trixis cacalioides
''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 ...
Trixis californica
''Trixis californica'', the American threefold or American trixis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America.
Description
''Trixis californica'' is a sprawling shrub or subshrub growing up to tall. ...
'' Kellogg – American threefold - USA (CA AZ NM TX), Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Nuevo León)
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Trixis chiapensis
''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 - Guatemala, Chiapas
* ''
Trixis erosa
''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 ...
'' Sw. - Costa Rica, West Indies
* ''
Trixis glaziovii
''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 ...
'' Baker -
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* Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America
Places In Argentina
*Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city
* Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province
In Brazil
*Paraná (state), a state ...
,
Rio de Janeiro
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Trixis grandibracteata
''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 ...
'' C.E.Anderson - Guerrero
* ''
Trixis grisebachii
''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 ...
'' Kuntze - Bolivia, northern Argentina
* ''
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 from ...
'' 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 from ...
'' Chodat - Paraguay
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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 from ...
'' 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 inula'' ...
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 from ...
Minas Gerais
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,
Rio de Janeiro
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* '' Trixis villosa'' (Spreng.) Sch.Bip. - Brazil
; Formerly included
Numerous species once included in ''Trixis'' but now considered better suited to other genera: ''
Acourtia
''Acourtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830. It includes ''desertpeonies'', such as ''Acourtia nana'' (dwarf desertpeony) and ''Acourtia runcinata'' (featherleaf desertpeony).
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