Iva (genus)

marshelders
Iva annua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Iva
L. 1753 not Fabr. 1759 (Lamiaceae)
Type species
Iva annua
L.[2][3]

Iva is a genus of plants in the daisy family, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[4][3] Plants of this genus are known generally as marshelders. The genus is native to North America.[5]

Accepted species[6][7]
  1. Iva angustifolia - southeastern + south-central USA (TX OK LA AR KS FL)
  2. Iva annua - USA, primarily south-central region; Tamaulipas
  3. Iva asperifolia - south-central USA (TX OK LA AR KS IN), Veracruz
  4. Iva axillaris - western USA + Canada
  5. Iva cheiranthifolia - Cuba
  6. Iva ciliata - south-central USA
  7. Iva dealbata - USA (TX NM), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)[8]
  8. Iva frutescens - coastal areas from Texas to Nova Scotia
  9. Iva hayesiana - California, Baja California
  10. Iva imbricata - coastal areas from Texas to Virginia; Bahamas[9]
  11. Iva microcephala - southeastern USA (AL FL GA NC SC)
  12. Iva xanthiifolia - USA + Canada[10]

References

  1. 187m.1. Asteraceae Martinov (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ambrosiinae Lessing, Flora of North America
  2. lectotype designated by N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U. S. ed. 2. 3: 338 (1913)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tropicos, Iva L.
  4. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 988-989 in Latin
  5. Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 25 Marsh elder Iva Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 988. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 426. 1754.
  6. The Plant List search for Iva
  7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  8. Tropicos, Iva dealbata A. Gray
  9. Tropicos, Iva imbricata
  10. Flora of North America, Cyclachaena xanthiifolia (Nuttall) Fresenius, Index Seminum (Frankfurt). 1836: 4. 1836.

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