Asteraceae

Salmea DC.

First published in Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 140 (1813)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Erect or climbing shrubs; leaves opposite and entire, toothed or lobed. Heads discoid, in terminal or axillary cymose panicles or corymbs; involucre bell- or top-shaped; phyllaries in 2–5 series, membranous or dry and papery; receptacle conical or columnar, bearing folded scales.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets tubular, enlarged above, 5-toothed; anthers shortly sagittulate at the base; style-arms papillose at the top. Achenes flattened, dark, and with or without a pale border, usually ciliate; pappus of 2 subequal awns.
Distribution
A genus of 12 species in the West Indies, Mexico and C. America.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0