Galinsoga

Galinsoga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][4][5] It is native to North and South America and the West Indies, and naturalized in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.[6][7]

Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Millerieae
Subtribe: Galinsoginae
Genus: Galinsoga
Ruiz & Pav.
Type species
Galinsoga parviflora[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Gallinsoga St.Hil.
  • Stenocarpha S.F.Blake
  • Wiborgia Roth
  • Stematella Wedd. ex Sch.Bip.
  • Galinsogaea Himpel
  • Viborgia Spreng.
  • Galinsogea Willd.
  • Stemmatella Wedd. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Vigolina Poir.
  • Adventina Raf.
  • Galinsoja Roth
  • Vargasia DC.

The name Galinsoga was dedicated to Ignacio Mariano Martinez de Galinsoga, who founded the Spanish Real Academia Nacional de Medicina and was director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.[8]

Species[3]

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