- Rafinesquia
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Rafinesquia neomexicana"
regnum =Plant ae
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 offlowering plant s in the familyAsteraceae which are native to the west of theUnited States andMexico .The genus was named for polymath
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque by botanistThomas 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"]
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