Baccharis intermedia

Baccharis intermedia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Baccharis
Species:
B. intermedia
Binomial name
Baccharis intermedia
Baccharis intermedia is endemic to Chile
Synonyms

Baccharis gayana Phil.

Baccharis intermedia is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae endemic to Chile.

Description

Baccharis intermedia is a shrub.

Taxonomy

It was published by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1836. It has one synonym: Baccharis gayana Phil.

Natural hybridisation

It is observed in areas, in which the habitats of Baccharis linearis and Baccharis macraei overlap or come into close contact. It is a natural hybrid of the aforementioned species and is part of a homoploid hybrid swarm. As a result, its morphology is intermediate.

Distribution

This species is common on coastal hills of central Chile.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Baccharis intermedia DC. (n.d.). Catalogue of Life. Retrieved January 28, 2025, from https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5VZ3J
  2. 1 2 Baccharis intermedia DC. (n.d.-b). Plants of the World Online. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273024-2
  3. 1 2 3 Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de, & Candolle, Alphonse de. (1824). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta (Vol. 5, p. 411). Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151846
  4. ↑ Faini, Francesca; Hellwlg, Frank; Labbé, Cecilia; Castillo, Mariano (January 1991). "Hybridization in the Genus Baccharis : Baccharis linearis χ B. macraei". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 19 (1): 53–57. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(91)90113-E.
  5. ↑ Hellwig, F. H. (1990). Die Gattung Baccharis L.(Compositae-Asteraceae) in Chile. Botanische Staatssammlung.