Logfia

Genus of flowering plants

Logfia
Logfia minima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Logfia
Cass.
Synonyms
  • Xerotium Bluff & Fingerh.

Logfia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae of the family Asteraceae,[1][2] known as cottonrose.[3][4]

Some cottonrose species were formerly classified under the genera Filago and/or Oglifa.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Logfia:[5]

  • Logfia clementei (Willk.) Holub — Canary Islands, southern Spain, Morocco and Algeria.
  • Logfia gallica (L.) Coss. & Germ. — narrowleaf cottonrose; native to Macaronesia, Europe to Mediterranean and Caucasus. Introduced to Great Britain, western U.S. and Mexico, and Australia
  • Logfia heterantha (Raf.) Holub — Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and north-western Africa.
  • Logfia minima (Sm.) Dumort. — small cudweed; native to Macaronesia, Europe and north-western Africa. Introduced to the United States.

References

  1. ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1819. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1819: 143 in French
  2. ^ Tropicos, Logfia Cass.
  3. ^ USDA: Logfia . accessed 4.4.2013
  4. ^ ITIS Report Page: Logfia . accessed 4.4.2013
  5. ^ "Logfia Cass. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  • USDA Plants Profile for Logfia (field cottonrose)
Taxon identifiers
Logfia


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