Parastrephia

Parastrephia quadrangularis

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: Astereae
Subtribus: Baccharidinae
Genus: Parastrephia
Species: P. lepidophylla – P. lucida – P. phyliciformis – P. quadrangularis – P. teretiuscula

Name

Parastrephia Nutt., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. N. S. 7: 449. (1841)

• Type species: Uncertain originally Parastrephia ericoides Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. N. S. 7: 450 (1841) synonym of either Parastrephia lucida (Meyen) Cabrera, (1954) or Parastrephia phylicifomis (Meyen) Cabrera, (1954) depending on authority.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Polyclados Phil. in Fl. Atacam.: 34 (1860)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northwest Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Chile North, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bonifacino, J.M. 2009. Taxonomic Revision of the Chiliotrichum Group sensu stricto (Compositae: Astereae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (92): 1–119. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.92 Free full text available. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Parastrephia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct. 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Parastrephia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec. 2017.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Parastrephia. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Parastrephia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 15 2017.

Vernacular names

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