Grosvenoria

Grosvenoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae[1]
Genus: Grosvenoria
R.M.King & H.Rob.
Type species
Eupatorium rimbachii[2]
B.L.Rob.

Grosvenoria is a genus of South American shrubs and small trees in the sunflower family.[2][3] They are native to the Andes, from central Ecuador to northern Peru at elevations of 2700 to 3700 meters.[4]

Species[1]
  1. Grosvenoria campii R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. Grosvenoria coelocaulis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  3. Grosvenoria hypargyra (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  4. Grosvenoria jelskii (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  5. Grosvenoria lopezii H.Rob.
  6. Grosvenoria rimbachii (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  7. Grosvenoria zamorensis H.Rob.

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 1 2 King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1975. Phytologia 30: 221-222
  3. Tropicos, Grosvenoria R.M. King & H. Rob.
  4. Ulloa Ulloa, C. y P. M. Jørgensen. "Grosvenoria R. King & H. Robinson". Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador) (in Spanish).


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