Kaunia

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Kaunia
Kaunia saltensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

South American shrubs or small trees in the family Asteraceae.[1][2] Its range is centered in Bolivia but it is also found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.[3]

Genus is named for Edward Kaun of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.[1]

Species[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1980. Phytologia 47: 257-260
  2. ^ Tropicos, Kaunia R.M. King & H. Rob.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist


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