Biology:Quechualia

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Short description: Genus of Asteraceae plants

Quechualia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Quechualia
H.Rob.[1]
Species

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Quechualia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South America.[2] They can be distinguished from Vernonia by the presence of long hairs on the insides of the throats of their corollas.[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Quechualia cardenasii (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
  • Quechualia fulta (Griseb.) H.Rob.
  • Quechualia smithii H.Rob.
  • Quechualia trixioides (Rusby) H.Rob.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Robinson, Harold E. (1993). "Three new genera of Vernonieae from South America, Dasyandantha, Dasyanthina, and Quechualia (Asteraceae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106 (4): 775–785. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/45007. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Quechualia H.Rob.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:979823-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6094345 entry