Moonia

Moonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Coreopsideae[1]
Genus: Moonia
Arn.
Type species
Moonia heterophylla
Arn.
Synonyms[1]

Chrysogonum sect. Moonia (Arn.) Baill.

Moonia is a genus of Asian and Australian flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3]

Species[1]
  1. Moonia arnottiana Wight - Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
  2. Moonia ecliptoides (F.Muell.) Benth. - Western Australia, Northern Territory[4]
  3. Moonia heterophylla Arn. - Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
  4. Moonia moluccana (Blume) J.Kost. - Maluku[5]
  5. Moonia procumbens (DC.) Benth. - Queensland, Northern Territory[6]
formerly included[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1836. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta 18: 348
  3. Tropicos, Moonia Arn.
  4. Atlas of Living Australia
  5. Jstor Global Plants, Type of Verbesina moluccana Blume includes photo of type specimen at Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University
  6. Orchard, Anthony E. 2013. The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic concept (Asteraceae:Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23:337-466 (as Acunniana procumbens (DC.) Orchard),