Agrianthus

Agrianthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Supertribe: Helianthodae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Agrianthus
Mart. ex DC.
Type species
Agrianthus campestris
Mart. ex DC.[1][2]

Agrianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae described as a genus in 1836.[2][3][4]

The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.[5]

Species[6]
  1. Agrianthus almasensis D.J.N.Hind
  2. Agrianthus campestris Mart. ex DC.
  3. Agrianthus carvalhoi D.J.N.Hind
  4. Agrianthus empetrifolius Mart. ex DC.
  5. Agrianthus giuliettiae D.J.N.Hind
  6. Agrianthus leutzelburgii Mattf.
  7. Agrianthus microlicioides Mattf.
  8. Agrianthus myrtoides Mattf.
  9. Agrianthus pungens Mattf.

References

  1. Lectotype designated by King, R. M. & H. Robinson. 1968. Studies in the Compositae--Eupatorieae. XI. Typification of the genera. Sida 3(5): 330
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Agrianthus Mart. ex DC.
  3. D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  4. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 125-126 in Latin
  5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  6. The Plant List search for Agrianthus