Lucilia (Asteraceae)

Lucilia acutifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Gnaphalieae
Subtribus: Gnaphaliinae
Genus: Lucilia
Species: L. acutifolia – L. adpressa – L. conoidea – L. ferruginea – L. kunthiana – L. linearifolia – L. nitens – L. recurva – L. saxatilis – L. tomentosa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Lucilia (Asteraceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 07. Reference page.

Name

Lucilia Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris (1817) 32.

• Type species: Lucilia acutifolia (Poir.) Cass.

Synonyms

• Oligandra Less., Syn. Gen. Compos. 123. 1832
• Celaena Wedd.
• Pachyrhynchus DC.
• Lucilia sect. Intermedieae S.E.Freire
• Hymenopholis Gardner

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional:Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional:Southern South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela Regional:Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Cass., 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 32.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lucilia. Published online. Accessed: January 21 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Lucilia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Lucilia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Lucilia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 21. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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