Balduina (plant)

Balduina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Balduina
Nutt.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Actinospermum Elliott

Balduina is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae described as a genus in 1818.[3][4]

The genus is endemic to the Southeastern United States.[5][6] It is named in honor of William Baldwyn M.D., of Savannah, Georgia.[3]

Species[7][8]
  1. Balduina angustifolia (Pursh) B.L.Rob. - FL GA AL MS
  2. Balduina atropurpurea R.M.Harper - FL GA SC NC
  3. Balduina uniflora Nutt. - LA FL GA AL MS SC NC

References

  1. ↑ Elliott, Stephen. 1823. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia 2: 447-448. Elliott here on page 448 creates the genus name Actinospermum, indicating that the only species is A. multiflorum. Basionym is Balduina multiflora, as listed on Elliott's page 447. B. multiflora, in turn, is now considered a synonym of B. angustifolia according to The Plant List. Hence Actinospermum is a synonym of Balduina
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Balduina angustifolia (Pursh) B.L.Rob.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nuttall, Thomas. 1818. Genera of North American Plants 2: 175–177
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Balduina Nutt.
  5. ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 419, Balduina Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 175. 1818.
  6. ↑ Parker, E. S. and S. B. Jones. 1975. A systematic study of the genus Balduina (Compositae, Heliantheae). Brittonia 27: 355–361.
  7. ↑ The Plant List search for Balduina
  8. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps