Asanthus thyrsiflorus

Asanthus thyrsiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Asanthus
Species:	A. thyrsiflorus
Binomial name
	Asanthus thyrsiflorus; (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms
	Asanthus thrysiflorus (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob., typographical error; Brickellia thyrsiflora A.Gray; Coleosanthus thyrsiflorus (A.Gray) Kuntze; Steviopsis thyrsiflora (A.Gray) B.L.Turner;

Asanthus thyrsiflorus is a Mexican species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the states of San Luis Potosí, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Coahuila, and Durango in north-central Mexico.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Asanthus thyrsiflorus is a branching shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Flower heads have whitish disc florets but no ray florets. It grows in flats, creekbanks, and gravelly areas, often in pine-oak woodlands.^[5]

References[]

^ Tropicos, Asanthus thrysiflorus (A. Gray) R.M. King & H. Rob.
^ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1972. Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) LXXIX: a new genus, Asanthus. Phytologia 24(2):65- 66
^ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 -- Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272.
^ Turner, Billie Lee 1988. Phytologia 64: 259-262 in English, with distribution map, as Steviopsis thyrsiflora
^ Gray, Asa 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 15(1): 30 description in Latin, as Brickellia thyrsiflora

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[1] Tropicos, Asanthus thrysiflorus (A. Gray) R.M. King & H. Rob.

[h-2] King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1972. Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) LXXIX: a new genus, Asanthus. Phytologia 24(2):65- 66

[3] Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 -- Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272.

[4] Turner, Billie Lee 1988. Phytologia 64: 259-262 in English, with distribution map, as Steviopsis thyrsiflora

[5] Gray, Asa 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 15(1): 30 description in Latin, as Brickellia thyrsiflora

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