Blainvillea

Blainvillea
Blainvillea acmella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Blainvillea
Cass.
Type species
Blainvillea rhomboidea
Cass.
Synonyms[1]

Blainvillea is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[2][3] They are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia, and Latin America.[1]

They are annual or perennial herbs. The flower heads contain small ray florets with toothed tips, usually yellow, or occasionally white.

Species[1]
  1. Blainvillea amazonica - Loreto Region in Peru, Amazonas State in Brazil
  2. Blainvillea bahiensis - State of Bahia in Brazil
  3. Blainvillea dichotoma - French Guiana
  4. Blainvillea dubia - Queensland, Northern Territory
  5. Blainvillea gayana - Africa from Egypt to Gambia and KwaZulu-Natal; Yemen, Cape Verde
  6. Blainvillea lanceolata - Brazil
  7. Blainvillea rhomboidea - Brazil (Goiás, Minas Gerais, Pará, São Paulo, Sergipe)
  8. Blainvillea tampicana - Tamaulipas in Mexico
  9. Blainvillea tenuicaulis - Galápagos
formerly included[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1823. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 29: 493–494in French
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Blainvillea Cass.
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