Packera
Sign in to savePackera is a genus of about 75 species of plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. Most species are commonly called ragworts or grounsels. Its members were previously included in the genus Senecio (where they were called aureoid senecios by Asa Gray) but were moved to genus Packera based on chromosome numbers, a variety of morphological characters, and molecular phylogenetic evidence.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Packera es un género de plantas fanerógamas perteneciente a la familia de las asteráceas. Comprende 85 especies descritas y de estas, solo 10 aceptadas. Sus miembros fueron previamente incluidos en el género Senecio, pero se dividieron a partir de sus números de cromosomas, la variedad de características morfológicas y la filogenia molecular.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 393
- With media
- 306
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- FCF-UANL, GH, MSC, UNM, ANSP, MICH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada
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Packera is a genus of about 75 species of plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. Most species are commonly called ragworts or grounsels. Its members were previously included in the genus Senecio (where they were called aureoid senecios by Asa Gray) but were moved to genus Packera based on chromosome numbers, a variety of morphological characters, and molecular phylogenetic evidence.
thumb|right|Packera hesperia thumb|right|Packera sanguisorbae
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Packera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.