''Gochnatia'' is a
genus
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of flowering plants in the daisy family,
Asteraceae
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. It is named for botanist
Frédéric Karl Gochnat. The genus contains mainly
shrub
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s and subshrubs, with a few
tree
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s and herbs. All of the species are native to the
American tropics. Two species native to the mountains of
Southeast Asia
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and formerly included here are now separated as the genus ''
Leucomeris
''Leucomeris'' is a genus of Asian flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
; Species
* ''Leucomeris decora'' Kurz - Manipur, Mizoram, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
* ''Leucomeris spectabilis'' D.Don - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nepal
; formerl ...
'' in subfamily
Wunderlichioideae
The Wunderlichioideae are a subfamily of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
The subfamily includes eight genera and about 24 species that are concentrated in Brazil ('' Wunderlichia'') and Guyana ('' Chimantaea'', '' Stenopadus ...
.
These plants produce
flower heads
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containing whitish or yellow disc florets each with five deep lobes. The
style
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has short, smooth branches, and the fruit is a lightly hairy cypsela with a
pappus of bristles or scales.
[González-Medrano, F., et al. (2004)]
A new species of ''Gochnatia'' (Asteraceae, Mutisieae) from the desert scrubland of the state of Hidalgo, Mexico.
''Novon'' 14(4), 434-36.
Species
17 species are accepted.[
* '' Gochnatia angustifolia''
* '' Gochnatia arequipensis''
* '' Gochnatia avicenniifolia''
* '' Gochnatia boliviana''
* '' Gochnatia cardenasii''
* '' Gochnatia cratensis''
* '' Gochnatia curviflora''
* '']Gochnatia foliolosa
''Gochnatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is named for botanist Frédéric Karl Gochnat. The genus contains mainly shrubs and subshrubs, with a few trees and herbs. All of the species are native to the Neotr ...
''
* '' Gochnatia glutinosa''
* '' Gochnatia lojaensis''
* '' Gochnatia palosanto''
* '' Gochnatia patazina''
* '' Gochnatia peruviana''
* '' Gochnatia recticulifolia''
* '' Gochnatia sagrana''
* '' Gochnatia vargasii''
* '' Gochnatia vernonioides''
Formerly placed here
* '' Moquiniastrum oligocephalum'' (as ''Gochnatia oligocephala'' )
* '' Moquiniastrum polymorphum'' (as ''Gochnatia polymorpha'')
* '' Nahuatlea arborescens'' (as ''Gochnatia arborescens'')
* '' Nahuatlea hypoleuca'' (as ''Gochnatia hypoleuca'')
* '' Vickia rotundifolia'' (as ''Gochnatia rotundifolia'' )
References
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Gochnatioideae
Asteraceae genera
Flora of Southern America
Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth
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