Kaunia | |
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Kaunia saltensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
Genus: | Kaunia R.M.King & H.Rob. |
Type species | |
Eupatorium eucosmoides [1] B.L.Rob. |
Kaunia is a genus of shrubs or small trees in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2] The species of the genus are found in South America with a range centered on Bolivia and also found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Peru and Ecuador. [3]
Genus is named for Edward Kaun of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [1]
Ageratina, commonly known as snakeroot, is a genus of over 300 species of perennials and rounded shrubs in the family Asteraceae.
Eupatorieae is a tribe of over 2000 species of plants in the family Asteraceae. Most of the species are native to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas of the Americas, but some are found elsewhere. Well-known members are Stevia rebaudiana, a number of medicinal plants (Eupatorium), and a variety of late summer to autumn blooming garden flowers, including Ageratum (flossflower), Conoclinium (mistflower), and Liatris.
Ayapana is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae.
Ageratina sodiroi is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is widely distributed in the Andes.
Aristeguietia is a genus of about 21 species of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae of the family Asteraceae. It is found from Colombia to southern Peru, with one species in Chile.
Ayapanopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Critonia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae of the family Asteraceae.
Cronquistianthus is a genus of shrubs native to the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Crossothamnus is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Fleischmannia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The name honours Gottfried F. Fleischmann (1777–1850), the teacher of Carl Heinrich Schultz at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. Members of the genus are native to South, Central, and North America, with some species found as far north as Virginia and Illinois. They are commonly known as thoroughworts.
Grosvenoria is a genus of South American shrubs and small trees in the family Asteraceae. They are native to the Andes, from central Ecuador to northern Peru at elevations of 2,700 to 3,700 metres.
Hebeclinium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South America and Mesoamerica.
Liabum is a genus of South American flowering plants in tribe Liabeae of the family Asteraceae.
Munnozia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is centered in the Andes.
Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae. Mutisia has been named after José Celestino Mutis. It comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Austroeupatorium is a genus of plants native primarily to South America, including herbaceous perennials and shrubs. The native range is focused on eastern South America and extends as far north as Panama and Trinidad and as far west as Bolivia.
Disynaphia is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Helogyne is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Neomirandea is a genus of Central American and South American flowering plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family.
Symphyopappus is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.