Xanthisma | |
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Xanthisma spinulosum on Frenchman Mountain, Nevada | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Astereae |
Subtribe: | Machaerantherinae |
Genus: | Xanthisma DC. |
Type species | |
Xanthisma texanum[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy,[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][4][5][6][7][8][3]
The generic name comes from the Greek "xanthos," "yellow", and "-ismos," "condition."[3] It was first described in 1836 from material collected in "The Mexican Province of Texas."[1]