Jungia

Jungia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Mutisieae[1]
Genus: Jungia
L.f. 1781 conserved name, not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759 (Lamiaceae) nor Boehm. 1760 (Acanthaceae) nor Gaertn. 1788 (Myrtaceae) nor Loefl. 1758 (Malvaceae) nor Heist. ex Moench 1794 (Lamiaceae)[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Iungia L.f, alternate spelling
  • Tostimontia S.Díaz
  • Dumerilia Lag. ex DC.
  • Martrasia Lag.
  • Rhinactina Willd.
  • Trinacte Gaertn.

Jungia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[3][4] It is native mostly to South America, with one widespread species extending its range into Central America and southern Mexico.

Species[1]
  1. Jungia auriculata Steud.
  2. Jungia axillaris (Lag. ex DC.) Spreng. - Colombia
  3. Jungia beckii Harling - Bolivia
  4. Jungia bogotensis Hieron. - Colombia
  5. Jungia brachyphylla Cuatrec. - Colombia
  6. Jungia calyculata Cuatrec. - Colombia
  7. Jungia coarctata Hieron. - Colombia, Ecuador
  8. Jungia colombiana Cuatrec. - Colombia
  9. Jungia crenata Steud.
  10. Jungia ferruginea L.f. - from Chiapas to Bolivia
  11. Jungia floribunda Less. - from Peru to Uruguay
  12. Jungia gracilis Harling - Peru
  13. Jungia karstenii Sch.Bip. ex Cuatrec. - Colombia
  14. Jungia paniculata (DC.) A.Gray - Peru, Ecuador
  15. Jungia pauciflora Rusby - northwestern Argentina, Bolivia
  16. Jungia polita Griseb. - Bolivia, northern Chile, northwestern Argentina
  17. Jungia pringlei Greenm. - Michoacán
  18. Jungia pubescens (Lag.) Kuntze
  19. Jungia revoluta B.L.Rob. - Chile
  20. Jungia rugosa Less.
  21. Jungia schuerae Harling - Peru
  22. Jungia sellowii Less. - Brazil, Misiones
  23. Jungia sericea Steud.
  24. Jungia sordida J.Kost. - Bolivia
  25. Jungia spectabilis D.Don - Peru, Ecuador
  26. Jungia stuebelii (Hieron.) Crisci - Peru
  27. Jungia trianae Hieron. - Colombia
  28. Jungia weberbaueri Cerrate - Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
  29. Jungia woodii D.J.N.Hind - Bolivia
formerly included[1]

Several species were at one time included in Jungia but are now regarded as more appropriate in other genera (Acourtia and Pleocarphus).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Tropicos search for Jungia
  3. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von, Jr. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 58, 380 in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Jungia L. f.

External links

Media related to Jungia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Jungia at Wikispecies