lychnophora

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of Brazilian shrubs belonging to the order Compositæ and the tribe Vernoniaceæ, and type of subtribe Lychnophoreæ, characterized by having the heads aggregated into compound terminal clusters on a common fleshy receptacle, and the pappus with two rows of chaff, the outer short and persistent, the inner narrow, partially twisted, and caducous. The genus contains 17 species of branching shrubs, with a resinous wood, and alternate entire leaves with revolute margins, the glomerule of heads sessile at the tips of the branches.