Florestina is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to Texas, Mexico, and Central America.
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.
Species
- Florestina latifolia <small>(DC.) Rydb.</small> - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
- Florestina liebmannii <small>Sch.Bip. ex Greenm.</small> - Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca
- Florestina lobata <small>B.L.Turner</small> - Guerrero, México State
- Florestina pedata <small>(Cav.) Cass.</small> - Mexico, Guatemala
- Florestina platyphylla <small>(B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) B.L.Rob. & Greenm.</small> - Chiapas, Oaxaca
- Florestina purpurea <small>(Brandegee) Rydb.</small> - Oaxaca, Puebla
- Florestina simplicifolia <small>B.L.Turner</small> - Oaxaca
- Florestina tripteris <small>DC.</small> - Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis PotosÃÂ, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán, México State
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