Isocarpha megacephala

Isocarpha megacephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Isocarpha
Species: I. megacephala
Binomial name
Isocarpha megacephala
Mattf. 1925

Isocarpha megacephala is a New World species of plants in the sunflower family. It has been found only in northeastern Brazil (Bahia, Pernambuco, Paraíba).[1]

Isocarpha megacephala is an annual or perennial herb up to 50 cm (19.5 in) tall. Leaves are up to 7 cm (3 in) long. One plant produces several flower heads, each 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) across (thus larger than the other species) each head on a long flower stalk, each head with 200-300 white disc flowers but no ray flowers.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 David J. Keil & Tod F. Stuessy. 1981. Systematics of Isocarpha (Compositae: Eupatorieae). Systematic Botany (1981) 6(3): pp. 258-287 descriptions, line drawings, distribution maps for all 5 species


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