| Argyroxiphium | |
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| Haleakalā silversword | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Madieae |
| Subtribe: | Madiinae |
| Genus: | Argyroxiphium DC. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Argyrophyton Hook. | |
Argyroxiphium is a small genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] Its members are known by the common names silversword or greensword due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species. The silverswords belong to a larger radiation of over 50 species, including the physically different genera Dubautia and Wilkesia. This grouping is often referred to as the silversword alliance.[4] Botanist P. H. Raven referred to this radiation as "the best example of adaptive radiation in plants".[5]
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 668
- ^ Tropicos, Argyroxiphium DC.
- ^ [B. Baldwin. Age and Rate of Diversification of the Hawaiian Silversword Alliance (Compositae). 1998.]
- ^ [Raven, P. H. Biology of Plants. 1990]