Rafinesquia

Taxobox
name = Rafinesquia

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Rafinesquia neomexicana"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Cichorieae
genus = "Rafinesquia"
genus_authority = Nutt.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 2: see text.

"Rafinesquia", commonly know as Plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which are native to the west of the United States and Mexico.

The genus was named for polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque by botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1841.

There are only two species in this genus:
*"Rafinesquia californica" Nutt. (California Plumeseed, California Chicory)
*"Rafinesquia neomexicana" A.Gray (New Mexico Plumeseed, Desert Chicory)

References

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RAFIN USDA Plants Database: "Rafinesquia"]