Rolandra

Rolandra
Rolandra fruticosa in French Guiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Rolandra
Rottb.
Species:
R. fruticosa
Binomial name
Rolandra fruticosa
(L.) Kuntze
Synonyms
  • Echinops fruticosus L.
  • Rolandra argentea Rottb. (type species of Rolandra)
  • Rolandra monacantha Cass.
  • Rolandra diacantha Cass.
  • Echinops nodiflorus Lam.
  • Echinops fruticosa L.

Rolandra is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.

Species

The only species is Rolandra fruticosa, native to Central and South America plus the West Indies. It is also reportedly naturalized in Japan and Java.

Formerly included

see Ichthyothere Trichospira

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