Kaunia

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Not to be confused with Kauniainen.

Kaunia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae[1]
Genus:
Kaunia

R.M.King & H.Rob.
Type species
[2]
B.L.Rob.

Kaunia is a genus of South American shrubs or small trees in the sunflower family.[2][3] Its range is centered in Bolivia but it is also found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.[4]

Genus is named for Edward Kaun of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.[2]

Species[1]
  • (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (Rusby ex B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Rusby
  • (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (Griseb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (Sch.Bip. ex Rusby) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Kaunia pachanoi (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (Lund ex DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ a b c King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1980. Phytologia 47: 257-260
  3. ^ Tropicos, Kaunia R.M. King & H. Rob.
  4. ^ Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Peter Moller Jorgensen. "Kaunia R. King & H. Robinson". Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador) (in Spanish). eFloras. Retrieved August 31, 2009.


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