This is a list of the plant species in the genus Aldama . Many are former species of Viguiera (subtribe Helianthinae) that were transferred over after DNA analysis in 2011. [1]
As of 10 October 2023 [update] , the Plants of the World Online lists up to 118 species, [2] while World Flora Online lists about 115 species. [3]
Ageratum is a genus of 40 to 60 tropical and warm temperate flowering annuals and perennials from the family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae. Most species are native to Central America and Mexico but four are native to the United States.
The Heliantheae are the third-largest tribe in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are larger. The name is derived from the genus Helianthus, which is Greek for sun flower. Most genera and species are found in North America and South America. A few genera are pantropical.
Viguiera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains around 19-40 species, which are commonly known as goldeneyes and are native to the New World. These are herbs to bushy shrubs that bear yellow or orange daisy-like flowers.
Wedelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are one of the genera commonly called "creeping-oxeyes".
Pectis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.
Millerieae is a tribe of flowering plants belonging to the Asteroideae subfamily. Of all the genera, only Galinsoga, Guizotia, and Sigesbeckia have species native to the Old World.
Psacalium is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. Indianbush is a common name for Psacalium.
Aldama is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The native range of this genus is tropical & sub-tropical America. The genus was originally described to include one species of subtribe Helianthinae that were characterized by having pales that tightly enclosed the cypselae (achenes).
Tridax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Hymenostephium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes herbs and slender shrubs that occur from Mexico through to Venezuela and north-western Argentina.
Sinclairia is a genus of Latin American plants in the tribe Liabeae within the family Asteraceae.
Montanoa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae, within the family Asteraceae.
Rhysolepis was a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. Until 2011, when botanists Schilling & Panero studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclear ITS, ETS, and cpDNA, coming to a conclusion that that the genus ViguieraKunth, did not constitute a monophyletic group. Among their conclusions they proposed to reclassify the genus, dividing and relocating its species in at least eleven genera: AldamaLa Llave, BahiopsisKellogg, Calanticaria(B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) E.E. Schill. & Panero, DavilanthusE.E. Schill. & Panero, DendroviguieraE.E. Schill. & Panero, GonzaleziaE.E. Schill. & Panero, HeiseriaE.E. Schill. & Panero, HeliomerisNutt., HymenostephiumBenth., SidneyaE.E. Schill. & Panero and ViguieraKunth.
Vernonanthura is a genus of Neotropical plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.
Calanticaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Davilanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Heiseria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.