Polymnia

Polymnia
Pale-flowered leafcup
(Polymnia canadensis)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Subfamily:Asteroideae
Tribe:Polymnieae
Genus:Polymnia
Kalm
Type species
Polymnia canadensis
Synonyms[2]
  • Alymnia Neck.
  • Polymniastrum Lam.

Polymnia is a genus of American plants in the sunflower family.[3][4][5] It is the only genus in the tribe Polymnieae.[6] Several species are known by the common name leafcup.[7]

Species[2][8][9]
  1. Polymnia aspera (Mart.) Mart. ex DC. - Mexico
  2. Polymnia canadensis L. - Ontario, much of eastern + central United States
  3. Polymnia cocuyensis Cuatrec. - Boyacá in Colombia
  4. Polymnia cossatotensis Pittman & V.M.Bates - Arkansas
  5. Polymnia johnbeckii D.Estes - Tennessee
  6. Polymnia laevigata Beadle - MO KY TN AL GA FL
  7. Polymnia quichensis J.M.Coult. - Costa Rica, Guatemala
  8. Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp. - Bolivia
formerly included[2]

numerous species now in other genera: Axiniphyllum Berlandiera Didelta Guizotia Melampodium Montanoa Rumfordia Smallanthus Sphagneticola Unxia

References

  1. ↑ 1913 illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 458. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. -
  2. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at Archive.is
  3. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 926 in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Polymnia L.
  5. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 39 Polymnia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 926. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 396. 1754.
  6. ↑ Asteroideae - Taxonomy
  7. ↑ "Polymnia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  8. ↑ The Plant List/
  9. ↑ Biota of North America program 2013 county distribution maps


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