Pascalia

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Pascalia
Wedelia glauca 2.JPG
Labelled as Wedelia glauca but is Pascalia glauca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Pascalia

Type species
Pascalia glauca
Ortega
Synonyms

Lorentzia Griseb.

Pascalia is genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae (daisy family).[1]

It is native to South America, and found in (north-eastern, north-western and southern) Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.[1] It has been introduced the following regions, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, (in USA), the Northern Provinces (South Africa), Palestine, Portugal, Spain, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria (in Australia).[1]

The genus name of Pascalia is in honour of Diego Baldassare Pascal (1768–1812), a French-born Italian doctor and botanist. He was also professor of botany in Parma and botanical garden director.[2] It was first described and published in Nov. Rar. Pl. Descr. Dec. on page 39 in 1797.[1]

Known species[]

According to Kew;[1]

  • Ortega
  • (N.E.Br.) Strother

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Pascalia Ortega | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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