Pulicarioidea

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Pulicarioidea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Pulicarioidea
Bunwong, Chantar. & S.C.Keeley
Species:
P. annamica
Binomial name
Pulicarioidea annamica
(Gagnep.) Bunwong, Chantar. & S.C.Keeley
Synonyms [1]
  • Pulicaria annamicaGagnep. (1921) (basionym)
  • Vernonia annamica(Gagnep.) Merr.
  • Vernonia pulicarioidesGagnep.

Pulicarioidea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes a single species, Pulicarioidea annamica, a perennial native to Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. [1]

The species was first described as Pulicaria annamica by François Gagnepain in 1921. In 2014 Sukhonthip Bunwong, Pranom Chantaranothai, and Sterling C. Keeley placed it in the new monotypic genus Pulicarioidea as Pulicarioidea annamica. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pulicarioidea annamica (Gagnep.) Bunwong, Chantar. & S.C.Keeley". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 12 September 2025.