Balduina (plant)

Balduina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Balduina
Nutt.

Balduina (honeycombhead)[1] is a genus of North American plants in the sunflower family described as a genus in 1818.[2][3][4]

The genus is endemic to the Southeastern United States.[5] It is named in honor of William Baldwyn M.D., 1779–1819, of Savannah, Georgia.[2][4]

Species[6][7]
  1. Balduina angustifolia (Pursh) B.L.Rob. - Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi
  2. Balduina atropurpurea R.M.Harper - Florida Georgia South Carolina North Carolina
  3. Balduina uniflora Nutt. - Louisiana Florida Georgia (U.S. state) Alabama Mississippi South Carolina North Carolina

References

  1. ↑ "Balduina". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 Nuttall, Thomas. 1818. Genera of North American Plants 2: 175–177
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Balduina Nutt.
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America, Balduina Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 175. 1818.
  5. ↑ Parker, E. S. and S. B. Jones. 1975. A systematic study of the genus Balduina (Compositae, Heliantheae). Brittonia 27: 355–361.
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Balduina
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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