Shangwua

Genus of flowering plant

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

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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

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1. ^ 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.
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.

Taxon identifiers

Shangwua|

* Wikidata: Q58479798
* Wikispecies: Shangwua
* CoL: 63SPS
* GBIF: 7370652
* GRIN: 29336
* IPNI: 77134009-1
* IRMNG: 11905515
* NCBI: 2488878
* Open Tree of Life: 6059727
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77134009-1
* WFO: wfo-4001303409
* WoRMS: 1385480