Borrichia

Borrichia is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[3][4] It is named for Danish physician Ole Borch (1628-1690).[5] Members of the genus are commonly known as seaside tansies.[6] They are native to North and South America.[7][8]

Species and nothospecies[2][9]

• Borrichia arborescens (L.) DC. – tree seaside tansy - Florida, West Indies, Belize, Honduras, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula
• Borrichia × cubana Britton & S.F.Blake – Cuban borrichia - Cuba, southern Florida
• Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC. – bushy seaoxeye, bushy seaside tansy - coastal regions from Yucatán Peninsula to Maryland; also Coahuila, San Luis Potosí
• Borrichia peruviana (Lam.) DC. - Peru

Borrichia
Borrichia arborescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Borrichia Adans.[1]
Type species
Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC.
Synonyms[2]
Helicta Cass. Adelmannia Rchb. Diomedea Cass. Trimetra Moc. ex DC. Diomedella Cass.

References

1. "Genus: Borrichia Adans". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
3. Adanson, Michel. 1763. Familles des Plantes 2: 130 in French
4. Tropicos, Borrichia Adans.
5. Austin, D. F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4.
6. "Borrichia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
7. Borrichia. Flora of North America.
8. León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
9. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps

External links

Media related to Borrichia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Borrichia at Wikispecies

• USDA PLANTS Profile