What is "florestina"

Florestina is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to Texas, Mexico, and Central America.

Florestina is distinguished from Palafoxia by its 3-5 lobed leaves, whitish corollas, and cypselae ( achenes) which are only sparsely pubescent and with the trichomes curled (rather than straight). It is considered to be closely related to Palafoxia; some authors have suggested that the two genera should be merged.

1. Florestina latifolia (DC.) Rydb. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
2. Florestina liebmannii Sch.Bip. ex Greenm. - Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca
3. Florestina lobata B.L.Turner - Guerrero, México State
4. Florestina pedata (Cav.) Cass. - Mexico, Guatemala
5. Florestina platyphylla (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Chiapas, Oaxaca
6. Florestina purpurea (Brandegee) Rydb. - Oaxaca, Puebla
7. Florestina simplicifolia B.L.Turner - Oaxaca
8. Florestina tripteris DC. - Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán, México State