Trixis

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Trixis is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies. Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ( ), the Greek word for 'threefold'. ; Species * Trixis aggregata Rusby - Bolivia * Trixis alata D.Don - Guerrero, México State, Guanajuato * Trixis angustifolia DC. - San Luis Potosí * Trixis anomala B.L.Turner - Chiapas * Trixis antimenorrhoea (Schrank) Mart. ex Baker - South America * Trixis bowmanii Baker - Brazil * Trixis cacalioides (Kunth) D.Don - Peru * Trixis calcicola B.L.Rob. - Guerrero * Trixis californica Kellogg – American threefold - USA (CA AZ NM TX), Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Nuevo León) * Trixis chiapensis C.E.Anderson - Guatemala, Chiapas * Trixis erosa Sw. - Costa Rica, West Indies * Trixis glaziovii Baker - Paraná, Rio de Janeiro * Trixis grandibracteata C.E.Anderson - Guerrero * Trixis grisebachii Kuntze - Bolivia, northern Argentina * Trixis haenkei Sch.Bip. - Durango, Sinaloa * Trixis hassleri Chodat - Paraguay * Trixis hyposericea S.Wats. - Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit * Trixis inula Crantz – Tropical threefold - USA (TX), Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela * Trixis lessingii DC.…

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