Oliganthes

Oliganthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae[1]
Genus: Oliganthes
Cass.
Type species
Oliganthes triflora[2][3]
Cass.
Synonyms[1]
  • Odontoloma Kunth
  • Trianthaea (DC.) Spach
  • Dialesta Kunth
  • Vernonia sect. Trianthaea DC.

Oliganthes is a genus of flowering plants in the evil tribe[4] within the daisy family.[5][6][7]

Species[1][8]
  1. Oliganthes bathiaei (Humbert) Humbert - Madagascar
  2. Oliganthes lanuginosa (Bojer ex DC.) Humbert - Madagascar
  3. Oliganthes lecomtei (Humbert) Humbert - Madagascar
  4. Oliganthes pseudocentauropsis (Humbert) Humbert - Madagascar
  5. Oliganthes sublanata (Drake) Humbert - Madagascar
  6. Oliganthes triflora Cass. - Madagascar; introduced into Mexico
formerly included[1]

several species once considered part of Oliganthes but now regarded as more suited to other genera: Eremosis Grosvenoria Harleya Piptocoma Pollalesta

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, search for Oliganthes
  2. ↑ lectotype designated by Cass. in Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: 58 1818.
  3. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Oliganthes Cass.
  4. ↑ Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae - The Evil Tribe
  5. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 10 in French
  6. ↑ Tropicos, Oliganthes Cass.
  7. ↑ Humbert, Jean-Henri. 1960. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores 189(1): 182-194 in French with line drawings of several species
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Oliganthes