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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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|display_parents = 4
|genus = Thurovia
|parent_authority = [[Joseph Nelson Rose|Rose]]
|species = triflora
|authority =  [[Joseph Nelson Rose|Rose]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=b/>
|synonyms = ''Gutierrez triflora'' <small>(Rose) M.A.Lane</small>
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'''''Thurovia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Texas|Texan]] plants in the tribe [[Astereae]] within the family [[Asteraceae]].<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/364095#page/364/mode/1up Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1895.  Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 3(5): 321–322] descriptions and commentary in English</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/364095#page/363/mode/1up Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1895.  Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 3(5): plate XV (15)] line drawing of ''Thurovia triflora''</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40013960 Tropicos, ''Thurovia'' Rose ]</ref>
[[Molecular phylogenetics|Molecular analysis]] has since confirmed the uniqueness of ''Thurovia''.<ref name="Poole 2008">{{cite book |author1=Poole, J. M. |author2=Carr, W. R. |author3=Price, D. M. |author4=Singhurst, J. R. |title=Rare Plants of Texas |year=2008 |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |location= Texas |pages=490–1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pM-UVgc-BDkC&pg=PA491 |isbn=978-1-58544-557-8}}</ref>
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The only known species  is '''''Thurovia triflora''''', commonly known as the '''threeflower snakeweed'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=THTR7|taxon=Thurovia triflora|accessdate=10 December 2015}}</ref> or the '''three-flower broomweed'''.<ref name=b>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Thurovia&searchField=NameFull Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]</ref> It is native to the coastal plain of east-central and southeastern [[Texas]].<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=132915 Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 86 ''Thurovia'' Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 321. 1895. ]</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Thurovia%20triflora.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map]</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=THTR7 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, ''Thurovia triflora'' Rose Threeflower snakeweed]
*"[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Gutierrezia+triflora ''Thurovia triflora'' - Rose]". [[NatureServe]]. Accessed August 9, 2012.
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[[Category:Monotypic Asteraceae genera]]
[[Category:Astereae]]
[[Category:Flora of Texas]]
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