Jump to content

Fleischmannia harlingii

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fleischmannia harlingii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Fleischmannia
Species:
F. harlingii
Binomial name
Fleischmannia harlingii

Fleischmannia harlingii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is a perennial herb up to 50 cm tall. It produces numerous flower heads in a branching array at the ends of the stems, each head with about 20 white disc flowers per head but no ray flowers.[2]

The species is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Montúfar, R.; Pitman, N. (2003). "Fleischmannia harlingii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43411A10801935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43411A10801935.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1986. Phytologia 60: 81-82 description in Latin, commentary in English