Coreopsis buchii is a species of flowering plant in the tickseed tribe within the daisy family. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).[1]

Coreopsis buchii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Coreopsideae
Genus: Coreopsis
Species:
C. buchii
Binomial name
Coreopsis buchii
Synonyms[1]

Selleophytum buchii Urb.

The species was first described by Ignatz Urban in 1915 as Selleophytum buchii, the sole species in genus Selleophytum.[2][3] In 1924 Sidney Fay Blake placed the species in genus Coreopsis as Coreopsis buchii.[2][4]

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