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Genus of flowering plants

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
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Synonyms
  • Leucopholis Gardner
  • Parachionolaena M.O.Dillon & Sagást.
  • Pseudoligandra M.O.Dillon & Sagást.

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

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. The plants grow in high-elevation habitat types.

Species

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.
Taxon identifiers
Chionolaena


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