''Moquiniastrum polymorphum'', the candeia or cambará, is a South American tree species in the family
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
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[López, J. A. & J. E. L. Little. 1987. Árboles Comunes del Paraguay, Ñande Yvyra Mata Kuera1–425. Cuerpo de Paz, Colección e Intercambio de Información, Washington, D.C.] It is native to South America, ranging from northeastern to southern and west-central Brazil, and Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina.
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Subspecies
Three subspecies are accepted.[
*''Moquiniastrum polymorphum'' subsp. ''ceanothifolium'' – northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
*''Moquiniastrum polymorphum'' subsp. ''floccosum'' – southern Brazil
*''Moquiniastrum polymorphum'' subsp. ''polymorphum'' – northeastern Brazil to southern Brazil and Paraguay
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References
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Gochnatioideae
Flora of Northeast Argentina
Flora of Northeast Brazil
Flora of South Brazil
Flora of Southeast Brazil
Flora of West-Central Brazil
Flora of Paraguay
Flora of Uruguay
Plants described in 1832
Taxa named by Ángel Lulio Cabrera