Moquinia

Moquinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Moquinieae[1]
Genus: Moquinia
DC. 1838, conserved name, not A.Spreng. 1828 (syn of Moquiniella in Loranthaceae)[2]
Type species
Moquinia racemosa
(Spreng.) DC.
Synonyms[1]

Spadonia Less.

Moquinia is a genus of flowering plants in the Moquinia tribe within the sunflower family.[3][4]

Species

Over 40 species names have been described in the genus, but nearly all of them have been transferred to other genera (Barrosoa Gochnatia Guayania Inula Llerasia Piptocarpha Pseudostifftia). Two remain in Moquinia.[1]

  1. Moquinia bojeri DC. - Tanzania[3]
  2. Moquinia racemosa (Spreng.) DC. - Minas Gerais, Bahia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Moquinia A. Spreng.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 7(1): 22-24 in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Moquinia DC.