Lourteigia | |
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Lourteigia ballotaefolia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
Genus: | Lourteigia R.M.King & H.Rob. |
Type species | |
Eupatorium stoechadifolium [1] |
Lourteigia is a genus of South American flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. [2] [1] [3] [4]
The genus name of Lourteigia is in honour of Alicia Lourteig (1913–2003), an Argentine and French botanist, who was a world specialist in Oxalidaceae plants. [5] It was first described and published in Phytologia Vol.21 on page 28 in 1971. [6]
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.
Hebeclinium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South America and Mesoamerica.
Barrosoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. All the species are endemic to South America:
Brickelliastrum is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. Its species are native to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States and to northern Mexico.
Dyscritogyne is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Fleischmanniopsis is a genus of Mesoamerican flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Grazielia is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Guayania is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Idiothamnus is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Imeria is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Kyrsteniopsis is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Malmeanthus is a genus of South American flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Neocuatrecasia is a genus of South American flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Peteravenia is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Phanerostylis is a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Raulinoreitzia is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Spaniopappus is a genus of Cuban plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Steviopsis is a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Steyermarkina is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Urbananthus is a genus of Caribbean plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.