Ellenbergia

Ellenbergia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Supertribe: Helianthodae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Ellenbergia
Cuatrec.
Binomial name
Ellenbergia glandulata
Cuatrec.
Synonyms[1]

Piqueria setifera Chung

Ellenbergia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.[2][3][4]

There is only one known species, Ellenbergia glandulata, endemic to the Cuzco region of Peru.[1] It is listed as endangered.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Cuatrecasas, José. 1964. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 77: 142–144, f. 6
  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. Tropicos, Ellenbergia Cuatrec.
  5. León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana Biol. 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.