Proustia

Proustia
Proustia cuneifolia var. mendocina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Mutisieae[1]
Genus: Proustia
Lag.
Type species
Proustia pyrifolia[2]
DC.

Proustia is a genus of flowering plants in the gerbera tribe daisy family, native to South America and the West Indies.[3][2]

Species[1]
  1. Proustia cuneifolia D.Don - Peru, Bolivia
  2. Proustia ilicifolia Hook. & Arn. - Argentina, Chile
  3. Proustia pyrifolia DC. - Chile
  4. Proustia vanillosma C.Wright - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico[4]
formerly included[1]

see Acourtia Berylsimpsonia Lophopappus Vernonanthura

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Proustia Lag.
  3. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1811. Amenidades Naturales de las Españas 1(1): 33
  4. US Department of Agriculture, plants database map