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Xenophyllum
Sign in to saveXenophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The genus was erected in 1997 for several species formerly treated in genus Werneria. These plants grow in the high mountains of the Andes.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- CAS, MO, PAC, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Peru, Ecuador, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Senecioneae
- Image
- Xenophyllum humile 2.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Xenophyllum
- taxon name
- Xenophyllum
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Werneria
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Xenophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The genus was erected in 1997 for several species formerly treated in genus Werneria. These plants grow in the high mountains of the Andes.
These species grow from rhizomes and form tight mats on the ground. Most have white ray florets and yellow or white disc florets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xenophyllum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.