Balduina (plant)

Balduina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Helenieae
Subtribe: Gaillardiinae
Genus: Balduina
Nutt.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Actinospermum Elliott

Balduina (honeycombhead)[3] is a genus of North American plants in the sunflower family described as a genus in 1818.[4][5][6]

The genus is endemic to the Southeastern United States.[7] It is named in honor of William Baldwyn M.D., 1779–1819, of Savannah, Georgia.[4][6]

Species[8][9]
  1. ^ Elliott, Stephen. 1823. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia 2: 447-448. Elliott here on page 448 creates the genus name Actinospermum, indicating that the only species is A. multiflorum. Basionym is Balduina multiflora, as listed on Elliott's page 447. B. multiflora, in turn, is now considered a synonym of B. angustifolia according to The Plant List. Hence Actinospermum is a synonym of Balduina
  2. ^ The Plant List, Balduina angustifolia (Pursh) B.L.Rob.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Balduina​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b Nuttall, Thomas. 1818. Genera of North American Plants 2: 175–177
  5. ^ Tropicos, Balduina Nutt.
  6. ^ a b Flora of North America, Balduina Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 175. 1818.
  7. ^ Parker, E. S. and S. B. Jones. 1975. A systematic study of the genus Balduina (Compositae, Heliantheae). Brittonia 27: 355–361.
  8. ^ The Plant List search for Balduina
  9. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps