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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Echinacea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Order: Asterales > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Heliantheae

Two species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Echinacea angustifolia

Native to the USA and Canada.

Echinacea purpurea

Native to USA.

Publications

  • La Duke, J.C. 1982. Revision of Tithonia. Rhodora 84: 453-522.