Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Palafoxia Lag.
PALAFOX
Classification
ASTERALES
Palafoxia
Citation
PALAFOXIA Lagasca y Segura, Gen. Sp. Pl. 26. 1816.
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TYPE: Palafoxia linearis (Cavanilles) Lagasca y Segura (Stevia linearis Cavanilles)
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Palafoxia feayi FEAY'S PALAFOX Native Endemic
Palafoxia integrifolia COASTALPLAIN PALAFOX Native
Palafoxia texana TEXAS PALAFOX Not Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Plants 1-3 m tall; leaf blades mostly 1.8-9 times longer than wide; phyllaries subequal; corolla tube longer the lobes pappus scales 1-2 mm long
1.  Plants 0.3-1.5 m tall; leaf blades 6-15 times longer than wide; phyllaries unequal or subequal; corolla tube shorter than the lobes; pappus scales 2-7 mm long
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2.  Perennial; phyllaries 8-11 mm long, unequal
2.  Perennial or annual; phyllaries 5-8 mm long, subequal
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Lomaxeta Lomaxeta Rafinesque, New Fl. 4: 72. 1838 ("1836"). TYPE: Lomaxeta verrucosa Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Polypteris integrifolia Nuttall) = Polypteris Nuttall 1818.
Othake Othake Rafinesque, New Fl. 4: 73. 1838 ("1836"). TYPE: Othake tenuifolium Rafinesque Lectotypified by Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 34: 58. 1914.
Paleolaria Paleolaria Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 198. 1816. TYPE: Paleolaria carnea Cassini
Polypteris Polypteris Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 139. 1818. TYPE: Polypteris integrifolia Nuttall