Pterachaenia

Pterachaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae[1]
Genus: Pterachaenia
(Benth.) Lipsch.
Binomial name
Pterachaenia stewartii
(Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart
Synonyms[2][1]

Pterachaenia is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the dandelion family.[3][2]

Species

There is only one known species, Pterachaenia stewartii , native to Afghanistan and Pakistan.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 1 2 The International Plant Names Index
  3. Lipschitz, Sergej Julievitsch. 1939. Fragm. Monogr. Gen. Scorzon. 11. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31
  4. Stewart, Ralph Randles. 1952. Punjab (Pakistan) For. Rec. ii. No. 1 (Cat. Pl. Rawalpindi Distr.) 50


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