Riencourtia

Riencourtia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Riencourtia
Cass.
Type species
Riencourtia spiculifera
Cass.
Synonyms[1]

Riencourtia is a genus of South American plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family.[2][3][4]

The generic name honors the birth name of Cassini's wife, Riencourt.[1]

Species[1]
  1. Riencourtia latifolia Gardner - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
  2. Riencourtia longifolia Baker - Brazil
  3. Riencourtia oblongifolia Gardner - Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname
  4. Riencourtia pedunculosa (Rich.) Pruski - Venezuela, Guyana, Fr Guiana, Suriname, Brazil
  5. Riencourtia spiculifera Cass.
  6. Riencourtia tenuifolia Gardner - Brazil

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1818. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: 76
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Riencourtia Cass. in French
  4. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1827. Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les artes 45: 466-469 in French


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