Varilla (plant)

Genus of flowering plants

Varilla

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Asterales
Family:  | Asteraceae
Subfamily:  | Asteroideae
Tribe:  | Tageteae
Subtribe:  | Varillinae
Genus:  | Varilla
A.Gray
Type species
Varilla mexicana

A.Gray

Varilla  is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1849.[1][2][3]

The name Varilla is the Spanish word for "rod" or "wand."[3] The genus is native to Texas and northern Mexico.[4]

Species[4][5]

* Varilla mexicana A.Gray \- Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas
* Varilla texana A.Gray \- southern Texas,[6] Tamaulipas, Nuevo León

## References

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1. ^ Gray, Asa. 1849. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 4(1): 106–107 generic description in Latin, specific description and commentary in English
2. ^ Tropicos, Varilla A. Gray
3. ^ a b Flora of North America, Varilla A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 106. 1849.
4. ^ a b The Plant List, search for Varilla
5. ^ Turner, Billie Lee. 1990. Taxonomy of Varilla (Asteraceae:Heliantheae). Phytologia 68(6):4-13
6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map

Taxon identifiers

Varilla|

* Wikidata: Q478698
* Wikispecies: Varilla
* CoL: 85YB
* EoL: 51803
* FNA: 134391
* FoC: 134391
* GBIF: 3118740
* GRIN: 12643
* iNaturalist: 155707
* IPNI: 11449-1
* IRMNG: 1291908
* ITIS: 38588
* NCBI: 176585
* Open Tree of Life: 59459
* PLANTS: VARIL
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:11449-1
* Tropicos: 40023180
* WFO: wfo-4000040037
* WoRMS: 1076821

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