Biology:Chionolaena
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Chionolaena | |
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| Chionolaena capitata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Chionolaena DC. |
| Type species | |
| Chionolaena arbuscula DC.
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Chionolaena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] It is native to tropical and subtropical regions in the Americas, with species occurring discontinuously from central Mexico to southern Brazil .[4] About half occur in southeastern Brazil.[5]
Plants in this genus are small, woody shrubs and subshrubs. They have leaves with rolled edges, phyllaries with white to opaque tips, and staminate central florets.[5] The plants grow in high-elevation habitat types.[5]
- Species[6]
References
- ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 397 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Chionolaena DC.
- ↑ Freire, S. E. (1993). A revision of Chionolaena (Compositae, Gnaphalieae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 397-438.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Loeuille, B., et al. (2011). Four new species of Chionolaena (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from south-eastern Brazil. Kew Bulletin 66(2), 263-72.
- ↑ Chionolaena. The Plant List.
- ↑ Pruski, J. F. (2012). Studies of Neotropical Compositae–IV. Pseudognaphalium leucostegium, a new species from Huehuetenango, Guatemala, and a new combination in Chionolaena (Gnaphalieae). Phytoneuron 2012-1: 1–5.
Wikidata ☰ Q5101442 entry
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