Polymnia

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Polymnia

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

## External links

* Polymnia canadensis - Pictures
* Leafcup - Polymnia canadensis
* Polymnia uvedalia L. - Fotos

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