Polymnia

Polymnia is a genus of American plants in the sunflower family.[3][4][5] It is the only genus in the tribe Polymnieae.[6] Several species are known by the common name leafcup.[7]

Species[2][8][9]
Formerly included[2]

Polymnia
Pale-flowered leafcup
(Polymnia canadensis)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Polymnieae
(H.Rob.) Panero
Genus: Polymnia
Kalm
Type species
Polymnia canadensis
Synonyms[2]
  • Alymnia Neck.
  • Polymniastrum Lam.

Numerous species now in other genera: Axiniphyllum Berlandiera Didelta Guizotia Melampodium Montanoa Rumfordia Smallanthus Sphagneticola Unxia

References

  1. 1913 illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 458. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. -
  2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  3. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 926 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Polymnia L.
  5. Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 39 Polymnia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 926. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 396. 1754.
  6. Asteroideae - Taxonomy
  7. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Polymnia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  8. The Plant List/
  9. Biota of North America program 2013 county distribution maps


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