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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 -------- Garden Dictionary Word: Chrysogonum Meaning: (for its golden flowers) Latin Pronunciation: Kriss-og-on-um Common Name: Golden-star. -------- That's it. It's an aster, a sunflower. I also checked Google Images, and found nothing. Sorry.
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