Shangwua

Shangwua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Xerantheminae
Genus:	Shangwua; Yu J.Wang, Raab-Straube, Susanna & J.Quan Liu

Shangwua is a genus of Asian flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.^[1]

Its native range is from Afghanistan to central and eastern Asia (within East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet and West Himalaya) and to southern central China and Myanmar.^[1]

The genus name of Shangwua is in honour of Shang Wu Liu (b. 1934), Chinese botanist, taxonomist and professor in the province of Qinghai, China.^[2] It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.62 on page 992 in 2013.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

Shangwua denticulata (DC.) Raab-Straube & Yu J.Wang
Shangwua jacea (Klotzsch) Yu J.Wang & Raab-Straube
Shangwua masarica (Lipsky) Yu J.Wang & Raab-Straube

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Shangwua Yu J.Wang, Raab-Straube, Susanna & J.Quan Liu | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[POWO-1] "Shangwua Yu J.Wang, Raab-Straube, Susanna & J.Quan Liu | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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