Melanthera

Melanthera
Melanthera
Melanthera integrifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Melanthera
Rohr[2]
Type species
Melanthera nivea
(L.) Small
Species

See text.

Melanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.

Selected species

  • Melanthera angustifolia A.Rich. – Everglades Squarestem
  • Melanthera biflora (L.) Wild. – Honolulu Nehe
  • Melanthera bryanii (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Pili Nehe
  • Melanthera fauriei (H. Lév.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Olokele Canyon Nehe
  • Melanthera integrifolia (Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Kure Atoll Nehe
  • Melanthera kamolensis (O.Deg.) & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Maui Nehe
  • Melanthera lavarum (Gaudich.) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. – Coastal Nehe
  • Melanthera micrantha (Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.
  • Melanthera nivea (L.) Small – Pineland Squarestem, Snow Squarestem, Yerba de Cabra
  • Melanthera parvifolia Small – Small-leaf Squarestem
  • Melanthera perdita (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Koʻokoʻolau
  • Melanthera populifolia (Sherff) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. – Grassland Nehe
  • Melanthera remyi (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Annual Nehe
  • Melanthera scandens (Schumach.) Roberty[3]
  • Melanthera subcordata (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.
  • Melanthera tenuifolia (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Waianae Range Nehe
  • Melanthera tenuis (O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. – Streambed Nehe
  • Melanthera venosa (Sherff) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. – Spreading Nehe
  • Melanthera waimeaensis (H.St.John) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. – Waimea Canyon Nehe[4]

References

  1. ^ "Genus Melanthera". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/183049. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 
  2. ^ "Genus: Melanthera Rohr". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7415. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 
  3. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Melanthera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7415. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 
  4. ^ "Melanthera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38089. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 

External links

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