Biology:Lepidonia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Lepidonia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Lepidonia
S.F.Blake
Type species
Lepidonia paleata[1]
S.F.Blake
Synonyms[1]
  • Vernonia sect. Lepidonia (S.F.Blake) B.L.Turner

Lepidonia is a genus of Mesoamerican flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]

Species[3][4]
  • Lepidonia callilepis (Gleason) H.Rob. & Funk - Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca
  • Lepidonia corae (Standl. & Steyerm.) H.Rob. & V.A.Funk - Guatemala
  • Lepidonia jonesii (B.L.Turner) H.Rob. & V.A.Funk - Oaxaca
  • Lepidonia lankesteri (S.F.Blake) H.Rob. & V.A.Funk - Costa Rica
  • Lepidonia mexicana (Less.) H.Rob. & Funk - Veracruz
  • Lepidonia paleata S.F.Blake - Guatemala
  • Lepidonia salvinae (Hemsl.) H.Rob. & Funk - Guatemala, Chiapas

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tropicos, Lepidonia S.F. Blake
  2. Blake, Sydney Fay. 1936. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 26: 452-458 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, full-page line drawing
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.

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