Adenostyles | |
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Adenostyles leucophylla | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Senecioneae |
Genus: | Adenostyles Cass. 1816 not Benth. & Hook.f. 1883 (Orchidaceae) |
Adenostyles is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family Asteraceae, and of the tribe Senecioneae. It was described as a genus in 1816.[1][2] Adenostyles occur in the temperate climates of the northern hemisphere, mainly in Europe and Asia Minor.[3][4]
Adenostyles includes species that were considered to belong to the genus Cacalia.[5] The term was used in 1883 for a genus of Orchidaceae.[6]