Lescaillea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Tageteae
Genus: Lescaillea
Species: L. equisetiformis
Name

Lescaillea Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 156. (1866)

monotypic taxon

References

Grisebach, A.H.R. 1868. Catalogus Plantarum Cubensium, exhibens collectionem Wrightianam aliasque minores ex insula Cuba missas, quas recensuit A. Grisebach. Lipsiae 156.
Hassler, M. 2018. Lescaillea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lescaillea. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 27 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Lescaillea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 27.

Lescaillea is a genus of Cuban flowering plants in the marigold tribe within the sunflower family.[1][2][3]

Species

There is only one known species, Lescaillea equisetiformis, native to Cuba.[4][5]
References

Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1866. Catalogus Plantarum Cubensium, exhibens collectionem Wrightianam aliasque minores ex insula Cuba missas 156–157 in Latin
Uniprot.org
Tropicos, Lescaillea Griseb.
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-15 at archive.today
The Plant List Lescaillea equisetiformis Griseb.