Kaunia

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Kaunia
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Kaunia saltensis
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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]

Species [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1980. Phytologia 47: 257-260
  2. Tropicos, Kaunia R.M. King & H. Rob.
  3. Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Peter Moller Jorgensen. "Kaunia R. King & H. Robinson". Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador) (in Spanish). eFloras. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist