Kaunia

Kaunia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae[1]
Genus: Kaunia
R.M.King & H.Rob.
Type species
Eupatorium eucosmoides[2]
B.L.Rob.

Kaunia is a genus of South American shrubs or small trees in the sunflower family.[2][3] Its range is centered in Bolivia but it is also found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.[4]

Genus is named for Edward Kaun of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.[2]

Species[1]
  1. Kaunia camataguiensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. Kaunia endyta (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  3. Kaunia eucosmoides (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  4. Kaunia grossidentata (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  5. Kaunia gynoximorpha (Rusby ex B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  6. Kaunia gynoxioides Rusby
  7. Kaunia gynoxymorphum (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  8. Kaunia hosanensis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  9. Kaunia ignorata (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  10. Kaunia lasiophthalma (Griseb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  11. Kaunia longipetiolata (Sch.Bip. ex Rusby) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  12. Kaunia pachanoi (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  13. Kaunia rufescens (Lund ex DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  14. Kaunia saltensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1980. Phytologia 47: 257-260
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Kaunia R.M. King & H. Rob.
  4. ↑ Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Peter Moller Jorgensen. "Kaunia R. King & H. Robinson". Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador) (in Spanish). eFloras  . Retrieved August 31, 2009.