Biology:Proustia

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Proustia
Proustia cuneifolia mendocina.jpg
Proustia cuneifolia var. mendocina
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Nassauvieae
Genus: Proustia
Lag.
Type species
Proustia pyrifolia[1]
DC.

Proustia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South America and the West Indies.[2][1]

Species[3]
  • Proustia cuneifolia D.Don - Peru, Bolivia
  • Proustia ilicifolia Hook. & Arn. - Argentina , Chile
  • Proustia pyrifolia DC. - Chile
  • Proustia vanillosma C.Wright - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico[4]
formerly included[3]

see Acourtia Berylsimpsonia Lophopappus Vernonanthura

  • Proustia crassinervis Urb. - Berylsimpsonia crassinervis (Urb.) B.L.Turner
  • Proustia cuneata S.F.Blake - Lophopappus blakei Cabrera
  • Proustia domingensis Spreng. ex DC. - Vernonanthura buxifolia (Less.) H.Rob.
  • Proustia mexicana Lag. ex D.Don - Acourtia humboldtii (Less.) B.L.Turner
  • Proustia reticulata Lag. ex D.Don - Acourtia reticulata (Lag. ex D.Don) Reveal & R.M.King

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Proustia Lag.
  2. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1811. Amenidades Naturales de las Españas 1(1): 33
  3. 3.0 3.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. US Department of Agriculture, plants database map

Wikidata ☰ Q654200 entry