Pleiacanthus
| Pleiacanthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
| Genus: | Pleiacanthus (Nutt.) Rydb. |
| Species: | P. spinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleiacanthus spinosus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lygodesmia spinosa | |
Pleiacanthus is a monotypic genuspappus bristles which are not plumelike as are those of the Stephanomeria species with which this plant was once classified.
References
- ^ Lee, J., et al. (2002). Phylogeny of Stephanomeria and related genera (Compositae–Lactuceae) based on analysis of 18S–26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences. Am J Bot 89 160-8.
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