Oparanthus

Oparanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Oparanthus
Sherff

Oparanthus is a genus of flowering plant in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family, native to the islands of French Polynesia.[2][3]

Species[1]
  1. Oparanthus albus (F.Br.) Sherff - Marquesas
  2. Oparanthus coriaceus (F.Br.) Sherff - Rapa Iti
  3. Oparanthus hivoanus (O.Deg. & Sherff) R.K.Shannon & W.L.Wagner - Marquesas
  4. Oparanthus intermedius Sherff - Rapa Iti
  5. Oparanthus rapensis (F.Br.) Sherff- Rapa Iti
  6. Oparanthus teikiteetinii (J.Florence & Stuessy) R.K.Shannon & W.L.Wagner - Marquesas
  7. Oparanthus tiva W.L.Wagner & Lorence - Marquesas
  8. Oparanthus woodii W.L.Wagner & Lorence - Marquesas

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Sherff, Earl Edward. 1937. Occasional Papers of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 12(19): 9
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Oparanthus Sherff


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