Kingianthus

Kingianthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Kingianthus
H.Rob.

Kingianthus is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.[1][2]

The entire genus is endemic to Ecuador.[3]

Species[4][5]
  1. Kingianthus paniculatus (Turcz.) H.Rob. - Ecuador (Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Imbabura, Pichincha, + Tungurahua Provinces)
  2. Kingianthus paradoxus H.Rob. - Ecuador (Azuay + Loja Provinces)

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1978. Phytologia 38: 415-416
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Kingianthus H. Rob.
  3. ↑ Living National Treasures, Ecuador, Checklist of Endemic Vascular Plant Genera
  4. ↑ The Plant List search for Kingianthus
  5. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist


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