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

External links

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