Kaunia
| Kaunia | |
|---|---|
| |
| Kaunia saltensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
| Genus: | Kaunia R.M.King & H.Rob. |
| Type species | |
| Eupatorium eucosmoides[1] B.L.Rob. | |
Kaunia is a genus of shrubs or small trees in the family Asteraceae.[1][2] The species of the genus are found in South America with a range centered on Bolivia and also found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.[3]
Genus is named for Edward Kaun of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.[1]
- Species[4]
- Kaunia camataguiensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia endyta (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia eucosmoides (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia grossidentata (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia gynoximorpha (Rusby ex B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia gynoxioides Rusby
- Kaunia gynoxymorphum (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia hosanensis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia ignorata (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia lasiophthalma (Griseb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia longipetiolata (Sch.Bip. ex Rusby) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia pachanoi (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia rufescens (Lund ex DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Kaunia saltensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
References
- ^ a b c King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1980. Phytologia 47: 257-260
- ^ Tropicos, Kaunia R.M. King & H. Rob.
- ^ Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Peter Moller Jorgensen. "Kaunia R. King & H. Robinson". Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador) (in Spanish). eFloras. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist