''Xenophyllum'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. The genus was erected in 1997 for several species formerly treated in genus ''
Werneria
''Werneria'', also known as the torrent toads or smalltongue toads, is a small genus of "true toads", family Bufonidae. They are found in western Central Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon), with the greatest species richness in th ...
''. These plants grow in the high mountains of the
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
.
[Funk, V. A. (1997)]
''Xenophyllum'', a new Andean genus extracted from ''Werneria s.l.'' (Compositae: Senecioneae).
''Novon'', 235-241.
These species grow from
rhizomes and form tight mats on the ground. Most have white ray florets and yellow or white disc florets.
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Species include:
*'' Xenophyllum acerosum''
*'' Xenophyllum amblydactylum''
*'' Xenophyllum ciliolatum''
*'' Xenophyllum crassum''
*'' Xenophyllum dactylophyllum''
*'' Xenophyllum decorum''
*'' Xenophyllum digitatum''
*'' Xenophyllum esquilachense''
*'' Xenophyllum fontii''
*'' Xenophyllum humile''
*'' Xenophyllum incisum''
*'' Xenophyllum lycopodioides''
*'' Xenophyllum marcidum''
*'' Xenophyllum poposum''
*'' Xenophyllum pseudodigitatum''
*'' Xenophyllum rigidum''
*'' Xenophyllum rosenii''
*'' Xenophyllum roseum''
*'' Xenophyllum sotarense''
*'' Xenophyllum staffordiae''
*'' Xenophyllum weddellii''
]
References
Asteraceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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