Gymnarrhena

Gymnarrhena micrantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Gymnarrheneae[1]
Genus: Gymnarrhena
Desf.
Species: G. micrantha
Binomial name
Gymnarrhena micrantha
Desf.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cryptadia Lindl. ex Endl.
  • Gymnarrhena balansae Coss. & Durieu ex Coss. & Kralik
  • Cryptadia euphratensis [Lindl.]

Gymnarrhena is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3] It is the only genus in the tribe Gymnarrheneae.[4] There is only one known species, Gymnarrhena micrantha. It is native to North Africa, Sinai, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran.[1]

Often found in the desert, Gymnarrhena is a small plant with long, thin leaves. Gymnarrhena flowers in March and April.[5] There are two different colours of flowers, which are often purple or green and arranged in a rosette pattern.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1818. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4: 1-4
  3. ↑ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1818. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4: plate 1
  4. ↑ "New tribes in Asteraceae" (PDF), Phytologia, 91 (3): 568–570, December 2009
  5. ↑ http://compositae.lifedesks.org/pages/26183
  6. ↑ Common Plants of the Western Deserts of Egypt
  7. ↑ Wild Flowers of Israel
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