Biology:Flourensia

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Flourensia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1] It contains subshrubs and shrubs,[2] which are commonly known as tarworts.[3] They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and central South America (Bolivia and northern Argentina).[4] The genus name honours French physiologist Jean Pierre Flourens (1794–1867).[2]

Phylogenetic studies found that the genus as previously circumscribed was polyphyletic, and in 2023 many of the South American species were placed in the new genus Austroflourensia.[5]

Species

20 species are currently accepted.[4][6]

  • Flourensia blakeana M.O.Dillon – Argentina (Tucuman, Catamarca)
  • Flourensia campestris Griseb. – Argentina (La Rioja, San Juan, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca)
  • Flourensia cernua DC. – American tarwort, tarbush - Chihuahua, Coahuila, USA (Texas New Mexico Arizona)
  • Flourensia collodes (Greenm.) S.F.Blake – Chiapas, Oaxaca
  • Flourensia dentata S.F.BlakeZacatecas
  • Flourensia glutinosa (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) S.F.Blake - Oaxaca and Puebla
  • Flourensia hirta S.F.Blake – Argentina (La Rioja, Catamarca)
  • Flourensia ilicifolia Brandegee – Coahuila
  • Flourensia laurifolia DC. – San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo
  • Flourensia leptopoda S.F.Blake – Argentina (La Rioja, San Juan)
  • Flourensia macroligulata Seeligm. – Argentina (Jujuy, Tucuman)
  • Flourensia microphylla S.F.Blake
  • Flourensia monticola M.O. Dillon – Coahuila, Nuevo León
  • Flourensia oolepis S.F.Blake – Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis)
  • Flourensia pringlei (A.Gray) S.F.Blake – Chihuahua, Durango, New Mexico (Hidalgo County)
  • Flourensia pulcherrima M.O.Dillon – Durango
  • Flourensia resinosa (Brandegee) S.F.Blake – Hidalgo, Querétaro
  • Flourensia retinophylla S.F.Blake – Coahuila
  • Flourensia riparia Griseb. – Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca, Tucuman)
  • Flourensia solitaria S.F.Blake – Coahuila

Formerly placed here

  • Austroflourensia angustifolia (DC.) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (aș Flourensia angustifolia (DC.) S.F.Blake) – Peru
  • Austroflourensia cajabambensis (M.O.Dillon) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia cajabambensis M.O.Dillon) – Peru
  • Austroflourensia fiebrigii (S.F.Blake) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia fiebrigii S.F.Blake) – Argentina, Bolivia
  • Austroflourensia glutinosa (Rusby) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia heterolepis S.F.Blake) – Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), Peru (Cusco)
  • Austroflourensia hirtissima (S.F.Blake) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia hirtissima S.F.Blake) – Argentina (Río Negro)
  • Austroflourensia macrophylla (S.F.Blake) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia macrophylla (A.Gray) S.F.Blake) – Peru
  • Austroflourensia niederleinii (S.F.Blake) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia niederleinii S.F.Blake) – Argentina (La Rioja)
  • Austroflourensia peruviana (M.O.Dillon) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia peruviana M.O.Dillon) – Peru (Ayacucho, Huancavelica)
  • Austroflourensia polycephala (M.O.Dillon) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia polycephala M.O.Dillon) – Peru (Apurímac, Cusco)
  • Austroflourensia suffrutescens (R.E.Fr.) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia polyclada S.F.Blake and Flourensia suffrutescens S.F.Blake) – Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)
  • Austroflourensia thurifera (Molina) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia thurifera (Molina) DC.) – Chile (Coquimbo, Santiago, Valparaíso)
  • Austroflourensia tortuosa (Griseb.) J.C.Ospina & S.E.Freire (as Flourensia tortuosa Griseb.) – Argentina (Salta, Catamarca, Tucuman)

References

  1. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 592–593 in Latin
  2. 2.0 2.1 Strother, John L.. "Flourensia de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 592. 1836.". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=112885. 
  3. "Flourensia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=37391. Retrieved 2012-01-12. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Flourensia DC.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:8955-1. 
  5. Freire, Susana E.; Ospina, Juan C.; Aagesen, Lone; Espinar, Luis Ariza; Panero, José L.; Scataglini, M. Amalia (2023). "Unraveling Polyphyly in Flourensia (Asteraceae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) and the Establishment of a New Genus Austroflourensia". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 95 (2). doi:10.1590/0001-3765202320191135. ISSN 1678-2690. PMID 36820759. 
  6. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Flourensia
  • Data related to Flourensia at Wikispecies

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