Chionolaena

Chionolaena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] It is native to tropical and subtropical regions in the Americas, with species occurring discontinuously from central Mexico to southern Brazil.[4] About half occur in southeastern Brazil.[5]

Chionolaena
Chionolaena capitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Chionolaena
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Type species
Chionolaena arbuscula
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucopholis Gardner
  • Parachionolaena M.O.Dillon & Sagást.
  • Pseudoligandra M.O.Dillon & Sagást.

Plants in this genus are small, woody shrubs and subshrubs. They have leaves with rolled edges, phyllaries with white to opaque tips, and staminate central florets.[5] The plants grow in high-elevation habitat types.[5]

Species[6]
  • Chionolaena adpressifolia[5]
  • Chionolaena aecidiocephala
  • Chionolaena arbuscula
  • Chionolaena campestris[5]
  • Chionolaena canastrensis[5]
  • Chionolaena capitata
  • Chionolaena chrysocoma
  • Chionolaena columbiana
  • Chionolaena concinna
  • Chionolaena costaricensis
  • Chionolaena cryptocephala
  • Chionolaena durangensis
  • Chionolaena eleagnoides
  • Chionolaena isabellae
  • Chionolaena jeffreyi
  • Chionolaena juniperina[5]
  • Chionolaena latifolia
  • Chionolaena lychnophorioides
  • Chionolaena macdonaldii
  • Chionolaena phylicoides
  • Chionolaena salicifolia
  • Chionolaena sartorii
  • Chionolaena stolonata[7]
  • Chionolaena wittigiana

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-13 at archive.today
  2. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 397 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Chionolaena DC.
  4. Freire, S. E. (1993). A revision of Chionolaena (Compositae, Gnaphalieae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 397-438.
  5. Loeuille, B., et al. (2011). Four new species of Chionolaena (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from south-eastern Brazil. Kew Bulletin 66(2), 263-72.
  6. Chionolaena. The Plant List.
  7. Pruski, J. F. (2012). Studies of Neotropical Compositae–IV. Pseudognaphalium leucostegium, a new species from Huehuetenango, Guatemala, and a new combination in Chionolaena (Gnaphalieae). Phytoneuron 2012-1: 1–5.


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