Salmea

Salmea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Salmea
DC.
Type species
Salmea scandens
(L.) DC.
Synonyms[1]
  • Salmeopsis Benth.
  • Hopkirkia Spreng.
  • Fornicaria Raf.

Salmea is a genus of plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Species[1]
  1. Salmea caleoides Griseb. - Cuba
  2. Salmea eupatoria DC. - Bolivia
  3. Salmea glaberrima C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba
  4. Salmea insipida (Jacq.) Bolick & R.K.Jansen - Cuba
  5. Salmea oligocephala Hemsl. - Oaxaca, Chiapas, México State, Michoacán
  6. Salmea orthocephala Standl. & Steyerm. - Guatemala, Honduras, Chiapas
  7. Salmea palmeri S.Watson - Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán
  8. Salmea petrobioides Griseb. - Bahamas
  9. Salmea scandens (L.) DC. - widespread in Mesoamerica, West Indies, + South America
  10. Salmea umbratilis B.L.Rob. - Cuba
formerly included[1]

several species now placed in other genera: Oblivia Otopappus Trichospira

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1813. Catalogus plantarum horti botanici monspeliensis 140
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Salmea DC.