Aphanactis

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Aphanactis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Millerieae
Subtribe: Galinsoginae
Genus: Aphanactis
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Aphanactis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The genus is native to the Andes of northwestern South America, except for one species from southern Mexico. [5]

Species [5]

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References

  1. Weddell, Hugh Algernon. 1856. Chloris Andina 1(4–6): 142-143. descriptions in Latin, commentary in French.
  2. Tropicos, Aphanactis Wedd.
  3. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
  4. Luteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 84: viii–xv, 1–278
  5. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist