Nassauvia

Nassauvia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Nassauvieae within the family Asteraceae.^[3][4] It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and the Falkland Islands.^[5]

Nassauvia
Nassauvia aculeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Mutisioideae
Tribe:	Nassauvieae
Genus:	Nassauvia Comm. ex Juss.
Synonyms[1][2]
Caloptilium Lag. Panargyrum D.Don Acanthophyllum Hook. & Arn. Triachne Cass. Mastigophorus Cass. Nassauvia sect. Mastigophorus (Cass.) DC.

Nassauvia is said to be chocolate scented.^[6]

Species

^[1][7]

• Nassauvia ameghinoi Speg.
• Nassauvia argentea Phil.
• Nassauvia argyrophylla Speg. ex Hosseus
• Nassauvia axillaris D.Don
• Nassauvia chubutensis Speg.
• Nassauvia coronipappa Arroyo & Martic.
• Nassauvia cumingii Hook. & Arn.
• Nassauvia darwinii (Hook. & Arn.) O.Hoffm. & Dusén
• Nassauvia dentata Griseb.
• Nassauvia digitata Wedd.
• Nassauvia dusenii O.Hoffm.
• Nassauvia fuegiana (Speg.) Cabrera
• Nassauvia gaudichaudii Cass.
• Nassauvia glomerata Wedd.
• Nassauvia glomerulosa D.Don
• Nassauvia hillii Cabrera
• Nassauvia juniperina Skottsb.
• Nassauvia lagascae Hauman
• Nassauvia lanata Reiche
• Nassauvia latissima Skottsb.
• Nassauvia looseri Cabrera
• Nassauvia maeviae Cabrera
• Nassauvia magellanica J.F.Gmel.
• Nassauvia nivalis Poepp. & Endl.
• Nassauvia pentacaenoides Speg.
• Nassauvia pinnigera D.Don
• Nassauvia planifolia Wedd.
• Nassauvia pulcherrima Cabrera
• Nassauvia pumila Poepp. & Endl.
• Nassauvia pygmaea Hook.f.
• Nassauvia pyramidalis Meyen
• Nassauvia ramosissima DC.
• Nassauvia revoluta D.Don
• Nassauvia ruizii Cabrera
• Nassauvia sceptrum Dusén
• Nassauvia serpens d'Urv.
• Nassauvia sprengelioides DC.
• Nassauvia sublobata Cabrera
• Nassauvia ulicina (Hook.f.) Macloskie
• Nassauvia uniflora (D.Don) Hauman

Formerly included

Numerous species^[1] are now considered more suitable to other genera: Calopappus Triptilion

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. "Genus Nassauvia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
3. Commerson, Philibert ex Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum page 175 in Latin
4. Tropicos, Nassauvia Comm. ex Juss.
5. Bohm, Bruce A.; Stuessy, Tod F. (2001). Flavonoids of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Springer. p. 343. ISBN 978-3-211-83479-4. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
6. Guides, Insight; Hennessy, Huw (November 1999). Argentina. Langenscheidt Publishing Group. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-88729-031-2. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
7. "IPNI Plant Names Query Results for Genus Nassauvia". IPNI. Retrieved September 6, 2009.

External links

Media related to Nassauvia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Nassauvia at Wikispecies