Florestina is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family,Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 11 in FrenchTropicos, Florestina Cass.Florestina in Global Compositae native to Texas, Mexico, and Central America.Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 392 Florestina Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1817: 11. 1817.
Florestina is distinguished from Palafoxia by its 3-5 lobed leaves, whitish corollas, and cypselae (achenes) which are only sparsely pubescent and with the trichomes curled (rather than straight). It is considered to be closely related to Palafoxia; some authors have suggested that the two genera should be merged. Tree of Life
SpeciesCONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F. Florestina latifolia (DC.) Rydb. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Florestina liebmannii Sch.Bip. ex Greenm. - Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca Florestina lobata B.L.Turner - Guerrero, México State Florestina pedata (Cav.) Cass. - Mexico, Guatemala Florestina platyphylla (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Chiapas, Oaxaca Florestina purpurea (Brandegee) Rydb. - Oaxaca, Puebla Florestina simplicifolia B.L.Turner - Oaxaca Florestina tripteris DC. - Texas,Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán, México State
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