Jungia schuerae

Species of plant

Jungia schuerae

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Asterales
Family:  | Asteraceae
Genus:  | Jungia
Species:  |

J. schuerae

Binomial name
Jungia schuerae

Harling

Jungia schuerae is a plant species native to west-central Peru. It occurs on dry, rocky open slopes at elevations of 2200–4000 m, primarily in the regions of Lima and Ancash Regions but also in neighboring areas.[1][2][3]

Jungia schueraeis a branching shrub up to 2.5 m tall. Leaves are without stipules; blades are round to heart-shaped in general outline, up to 10 cm long and 11 cm wide, with 5–7 palmate lobes. Flower heads are born in a dense paniculate array. Each head contains 17–25 pale yellow flowers.[1][4][5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Harling, Gunnar Wilhelm. 1992. Two new species of Jungia (Compositae) from Peru. Novon 2:16-18.
2. ^ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología 13(número 2 especial): 1s–971s.
3. ^ Cerrate, E. 1951. Revisio de las especies peruanas del género Jungia. Publicaciones del Museo Nacionial Javier Prado, serie B, Botánica 4:1-24.
4. ^ Ulloa Ulloa, C., J. L. Zarucchi & B. León. 2004. Diez años de adiciones a la flora del Perú 1993–2003. Arnaldoa Ed. Especial Nov.: 1–242.
5. ^ Field Museum Neotropical Herbarium Specimens...

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q15595124
* GBIF: 5402245
* iNaturalist: 704468
* IPNI: 301950-2
* Plant List: gcc-110992
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301950-2
* Tropicos: 2737039
* WFO: wfo-0000011338
* WoRMS: 1105497

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