Rolandra

Rolandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae[1]
Genus: Rolandra
Binomial name
Rolandra fruticosa
(L.) Kuntze
Type species
Rolandra argentea
Synonyms[1]
  • Echinops fruticosus L.
  • Rolandra argentea Rottb.
  • Rolandra monacantha Cass.
  • Rolandra diacantha Cass.
  • Echinops nodiflorus Lam.
  • Echinops fruticosa L.

Rolandra is a genus of flowering plants in the Vernonieae[2] within the daisy family.[3][4]

Species

The only known species is Rolandra fruticosa, native to Central and South America plus the West Indies. It is also reportedly naturalized in Japan and Java.[1][5]

formerly included[1]

see Ichthyothere Trichospira

References


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