Chionolaena
| Chionolaena | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Chionolaena DC. |
| Type species | |
| Chionolaena arbuscula DC. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chionolaena is a genus of flowering plants in the aster 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]
- Chionolaena adpressifolia[5]
- Chionolaena aecidiocephala
- Chionolaena arbuscula
- Chionolaena campestris[5]
- Chionolaena canastrensis[5]
- Chionolaena capitata
- Chionolaena chrysocoma
- Chionolaena columbiana
- Chionolaena concinna
- Chionolaena costaricensis
- Chionolaena cryptocephala
- Chionolaena durangensis
- Chionolaena eleagnoides
- Chionolaena isabellae
- Chionolaena jeffreyi
- Chionolaena juniperina[5]
- Chionolaena latifolia
- Chionolaena lychnophorioides
- Chionolaena macdonaldii
- Chionolaena phylicoides
- Chionolaena salicifolia
- Chionolaena sartorii
- Chionolaena stolonata[7]
- Chionolaena wittigiana
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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.
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