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Can anyone help me regarding any information available for the species Chrysogonum philippinense, Family Asteraceae. Images, distribution, type and nomenclatural information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
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* Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
o Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
+ Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
# Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
* Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
o Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
+ Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
# Subclass: Asteridae () - Takhtajan, 1967
* Superorder: Asteranae () - Takhtajan, 1967
o Order: Asterales () - Lindley, 1833
+ Family: Asteraceae () - Dumortier, 1822 - Sunflower Family
# Genus: Chrysogonum () - Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 920. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 391. 1754. - [Greek chrysos, gold, and gonos, seed, apparently alluding to the bright yellow, hemispheric capitula or to the fertile cypselae from the cypsela-complexes of the ray florets]
* Specific epithet: philippinense - Elmer
o Botanical name: - Chrysogonum philippinense Elmer
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Garden Dictionary Word: Chrysogonum
Meaning: (for its golden flowers)
Latin Pronunciation: Kriss-og-on-um
Common Name: Golden-star.
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That's it. It's an aster, a sunflower. I also checked Google Images, and found nothing. Sorry.
 
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