Tolpis
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Tolpis is a genus
of flowering plants in the daisy family
. Many species are limited to the Canary Islands
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Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plants in the daisy family
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. Many species are limited to the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
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Species include:
- Tolpis barbataTolpis barbataTolpis barbata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name European umbrella milkwort. It is native to southern Europe, including the Mediterranean, and it is known in many other places as an introduced species and a common weed, such as in California and New South...
- Tolpis coronopifolia
- Tolpis crassiuscula
- Tolpis farinulosa
- Tolpis glabrescens
- Tolpis laciniata
- Tolpis lagopoda
- Tolpis webbii