Biology:Werneria (plant)

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Short description: Genus of plants

Werneria
Werneria nubigena - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg
Werneria nubigena
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Werneria
Kunth
Type species
Werneria nubigena[1]
Kunth

Werneria is a genus of South American plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.[1][2]

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:[3]


Several species once included in Werneria are now considered as better suited to other genera: Cremanthodium, Euryops, Hypochaeris, Misbrookea, Senecio, and Xenophyllum.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Werneria Kunth
  2. Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. in Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund, Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 148–149
  3. "Werneria Kunth". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30001082-2. 
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist

Wikidata ☰ Q5489436 entry