Galinsoga

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Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata.jpg
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Millerieae
Subtribe: Galinsoginae
Genus: Galinsoga
Ruiz & Pav.
Type species
Galinsoga parviflora [1] [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • GallinsogaSt.Hil.
  • StenocarphaS.F.Blake
  • WiborgiaRoth
  • StematellaWedd. ex Sch.Bip.
  • GalinsogaeaHimpel
  • ViborgiaSpreng.
  • GalinsogeaWilld.
  • StemmatellaWedd. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • VigolinaPoir.
  • AdventinaRaf.
  • GalinsojaRoth
  • VargasiaDC.

Galinsoga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [4] [5] It is native to North and South America and the West Indies, and naturalized in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. [6] [7]

The name Galinsoga was dedicated to Ignacio Mariano Martinez de Galinsoga, who founded the Spanish Real Academia Nacional de Medicina and was director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid. [8]

Species [3]

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