Pacourina is a genus of South American flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae[2] within the family Asteraceae.[3][4][5]

Species[1]

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Pacourina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Pacourina
Aubl.
Species:
P. edulis
Binomial name
Pacourina edulis
Synonyms[1]
  • Pacourinopsis Cass.
  • Meisteria Scop.
  • Haynea Willd.
  • Vernonia edulis (Aubl.) Steud.
  • Calea sessiliflora Stokes
  • Pacourina cirsiifolia Kunth
  • Haynea edulis (Aubl.) Willd.
  • Acilepis cirsiifolia Spreng.
  • Pacourinopsis integrifolia Cass.
  • Pacourinopsis dentata Cass.
  • Pacourina edulis var. spinosissima Britton
  • Vernonia cirsiifolia Steud.
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The only known species is Pacourina edulis, widespread across tropical America from Guatemala to French Guinea to Paraguay.

References

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