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Polymnia

Topic: Biology

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Polymnia
Pale-flowered leafcup
(Polymnia canadensis)[1]
Scientific classification e
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.

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]
  • Polymnia aspera (Mart.) Mart. ex DC. - Mexico
  • Polymnia canadensis L. - Ontario, much of eastern + central United States
  • Polymnia cocuyensis Cuatrec. - Boyacá in Colombia
  • Polymnia cossatotensis Pittman & V.M.Bates - Arkansas
  • Polymnia johnbeckii D.Estes - Tennessee
  • Polymnia laevigata Beadle - MO KY Tennessee AL GA FL
  • Polymnia quichensis J.M.Coult. - Costa Rica, Guatemala
  • Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp. - Bolivia
Formerly included[2]

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  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. ↑ "Polymnia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=POLYM. Retrieved 12 October 2015. 
  8. ↑ The Plant List/
  9. ↑ Biota of North America program 2013 county distribution maps

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