Palafoxia

Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Palafoxia Lag.
ASTERACEAE
PALAFOX
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Classification
ASTERALES
Palafoxia
Citation
PALAFOXIA Lagasca y Segura, Gen. Sp. Pl. 26. 1816.
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TYPE: Palafoxia linearis (Cavanilles) Lagasca y Segura (Stevia linearis Cavanilles)
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Palafoxia feayi FEAY'S PALAFOX Native
Palafoxia integrifolia COASTALPLAIN PALAFOX Native
Palafoxia texana TEXAS PALAFOX Not Native
Identification Key
1.  Plants 1-3 m tall; leaf blades mostly 1.8-9 times longer than wide; phyllaries subequal; corolla tube longer the lobes pappus scales 1-2 mm long
P. feayi
1.  Plants 0.3-1.5 m tall; leaf blades 6-15 times longer than wide; phyllaries unequal or subequal; corolla tube shorter than the lobes; pappus scales 2-7 mm long
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2.  Perennial; phyllaries 8-11 mm long, unequal
P. integrifolia
2.  Perennial or annual; phyllaries 5-8 mm long, subequal
P. texana
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Lomaxeta Lomaxeta Rafinesque, New Fl. 4: 72. 1838 ("1836"). TYPE: Lomaxeta verrucosa Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Polypteris integrifolia Nuttall) = Polypteris Nuttall 1818.
Othake Othake Rafinesque, New Fl. 4: 73. 1838 ("1836"). TYPE: Othake tenuifolium Rafinesque Lectotypified by Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 34: 58. 1914.
Paleolaria Paleolaria Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 198. 1816. TYPE: Paleolaria carnea Cassini
Polypteris Polypteris Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 139. 1818. TYPE: Polypteris integrifolia Nuttall