''Mutisia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the tribe
Mutisieae
Mutisieae is a tribe of the family Asteraceae, subfamily Mutisioideae.
Genera
Mutisieae genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of June 2022:
*'' Adenocaulon''
*'' Amblysperma''
*'' Brachyclados''
*'' Chaetanthera''
*'' Chapt ...
within 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 ...
. ''Mutisia'' has been named after
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Bruno Mutis y Bosio (6 April 1732 – 11 September 1808) was a Spanish people, Spanish priest, botanist and mathematician. He was a significant figure in the Spanish American Enlightenment, whom Alexander von Humboldt met with ...
. It comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Species accepted by the
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
as of December 2022:
; formerly included
[
see '']Gongylolepis
''Gongylolepis'' ( Gk. gongýlos γογγύλος "round") is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known speci ...
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* ''Mutisia obovata - Gongylolepis martiana''
See also
* Mutisianthol
References
External links
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Asteraceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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