Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum
| Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Subfamily: | Commelinoideae |
| Tribe: | Tradescantieae |
| Subtribe: | Thyrsanthemineae |
| Genus: | Thyrsanthemum |
| Species: | T. laxiflorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum (C.B.Clarke) M.Pell. & Espejo
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Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It is a tuberous geophyte endemic to central and southwestern Mexico (Puebla, Morelos, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca).[1][2][3][4]
The species was first described as Tradescantia laxiflora by Charles Baron Clarke in 1881. In 1978 David Richard Hunt placed it in the monotypic genus Gibasoides as Gibasoides laxiflora. In 2021 Marco Octávio de Oliveira Pellegrini and Mario Adolfo Espejo Serna placed in genus Thyrsanthemum as Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum (C.B.Clarke) M.Pell. & Espejo". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
- ^ "e-Monocot, Gibasoides D.R.Hunt". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
External links
- Data related to Gibasoides laxiflora at Wikispecies