Burkartia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Mutisioideae |
Tribe: | Nassauvieae |
Genus: |
Burkartia Crisci |
Species: | B. lanigera
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Binomial name | |
Burkartia lanigera | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Perezia lanigera |
Burkartia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, [2] containing the single species Burkartia lanigera. [3] It is endemic to southern Argentina (Provinces of Chubut, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz). [4] [1]
This species was formerly in genus Perezia, but it was separated because it has woolly trichomes in the leaf axils, a character not seen in any other Perezia. [5] The genus Burkartia was erected for it in 1976. [6] Molecular phylogenetic analyses in 2009 supported its separation from Perezia. [5]