Biology:Chuquiraga
| Chuquiraga | |
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| Chuquiraga jussieui | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Barnadesioideae |
| Tribe: | Barnadesieae |
| Genus: | Chuquiraga Juss. |
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Chuquiraga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4] The genus is distributed in the Andes from Colombia to Chile , with most species occurring in Patagonia.[3]
These are evergreen shrubs. They have many shapes and sizes of leaves, and two general types of flowers apparently adapted for pollination by hummingbirds and insects.[5] Some species occur at elevations over 4000 meters in the Andes, while others can be found at sea level.[6]
Many are of ecological importance because they are dominant plant species in very dry habitat types, and local animals depend on them.[7] Hummingbirds of the genus Oreotrochilus, the hillstars, rely heavily on these plants, and some species have never been observed on any other plant taxa.[8]
Some species have been used as fuel, as traditional medicines, and as ornamental plants.[7]
- Species[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum 178 in Latin
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (in Spanish) Chuquiraga Juss. Arboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador. eFloras.
- ↑ Anderberg, A. A. (2007). "Chuquiraga Juss.". in Kadereit, J. W. and C. Jeffrey. Flowering plants: Eudicots; Asterales. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 8. Springer. p. 90. ISBN 978-3-540-31050-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=VhUZnM8S47IC&pg=PA90.
- ↑ Ezcurra, C. (2002). Phylogeny, morphology, and biogeography of Chuquiraga, an Andean-Patagonian genus of Asteraceae-Barnadesioideae. The Botanical Review 68(1), 153-70.
- ↑ Ezcurra, C., et al. (1997). Phylogeny of Chuquiraga sect. Acanthophyllae (Asteraceae-Barnadesioideae), and the evolution of its leaf morphology in relation to climate. Systematic Botany 22(1), 151-63.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Hoeneisen, M., et al. (2000). Constituents of Chuquiraga atacamensis and C. ulicina. Boletín de la Sociedad Chilena de Química 45(1), 49-52.
- ↑ Bleiweiss, R. (1982). The northern limit of the hummingbird genus Oreotrochilus in South America. The Auk 99(2), 376-78.
Wikidata ☰ Q2716230 entry
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