Characteristics
Dicots
Tridax procumbens L.
COATBUTTONS
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Not Native
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Classification
ASTERALES
Tridax procumbens L. - COATBUTTONS
Citation
TRIDAX PROCUMBENS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 900. 1753.
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MEXICO: Veracruz: Without data, Houston s.n., in Herb. Clifford 418, Tridax 1 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by A. M. Powell, Brittonia 17: 80. 1965.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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Literature Citation (If Applicable)
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Synonyms
Synonym
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Basionym
Type
Balbisia canescens
Balbisia canescens Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 470. 1807.
 
TYPE: COLOMBIA: Magdalena: Santa Marta, s.d., Richard s.n. (holotype: P?).
Balbisia divaricata
Balbisia divaricata Cassini, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 23: 90. 1831.
 
TYPE: MAURITIUS:
Balbisia elongata
Balbisia elongata Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 3: 2214. 1803.
 
TYPE: MEXICO: Without data (holotype: B-W; isotype: F fragm).
Balbisia pedunculata
Balbisia pedunculata Ortega ex Hoffmannsegg, Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 228. 1824, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Balbisia elongata Willdenow 1803.
 
Chrysanthemum procumbens
Chrysanthemum procumbens (Linnaeus) Sessé y Lacasta & Moçiño, Fl. Mexic., ed. 2. 190. 1894.
BASIONYM: Tridax procumbens Linnaeus 1753.
 
Tridax procumbens var. canescens
Tridax procumbens Linnaeus, var. canescens (Persoon) de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 679. 1836.
BASIONYM: Balbisia canescens Persoon 1807.
 
Tridax procumbens var. ovatifolia
Tridax procumbens Linnaeus, var. ovatifolia B. L. Robinson & Greenman, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 7. 1896.
 
TYPE: MEXICO: Oaxaca: Vicinity of Yalalag, Jul 1894, Nelson 948 (holotype: GH; isotype: US).
Specimens and Distribution

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