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Mutisia

Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae. Mutisia has been named after José Celestino Mutis. 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.

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Mutisia
Mutisia acerosa in Valparaíso Region, Chile.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Mutisieae
Genus: Mutisia
L.f.
Synonyms1
  • Mutisia sect. Guariruma (Cass.) Cabrera
  • Guariruma Cass.
  • Aplophyllum Cass.

Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae.23 Mutisia has been named after José Celestino Mutis.4 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.5

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:6

  • Mutisia acerosa Poepp. ex Less.
  • Mutisia acuminata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Mutisia alata Hieron.
  • Mutisia anderssonii Sodiro ex Hieron.
  • Mutisia araucana Phil.
  • Mutisia arequipensis Cabrera
  • Mutisia brachyantha Phil.
  • Mutisia burkartii Cabrera
  • Mutisia campanulata Less.
  • Mutisia cana Poepp. & Endl.
  • Mutisia castellanosii Cabrera
  • Mutisia clematis L.f.
  • Mutisia coccinea A.St.-Hil.
  • Mutisia cochabambensis Hieron.
  • Mutisia comptoniifolia Rusby
  • Mutisia decurrens Cav.
  • Mutisia discoidea Harling
  • Mutisia friesiana Cabrera
  • Mutisia glabrata Cuatrec.
  • Mutisia grandiflora Bonpl.
  • Mutisia hamata Reiche
  • Mutisia hastata Cav.
  • Mutisia hieronymi Sodiro ex Cabrera
  • Mutisia homoeantha Wedd.
  • Mutisia ilicifolia Cav.
  • Mutisia intermedia Hieron.
  • Mutisia involucrata Phil.
  • Mutisia kurtzii R.E.Fr.
  • Mutisia lanata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Mutisia lanigera Wedd.
  • Mutisia latifolia D.Don
  • Mutisia ledifolia Decne. ex Wedd.
  • Mutisia lehmannii Hieron.
  • Mutisia linearifolia Cav.
  • Mutisia linifolia Hook.
  • Mutisia lutzii G.M.Barroso
  • Mutisia macrophylla Phil.
  • Mutisia magnifica C.Ulloa & P.Jørg.
  • Mutisia mandoniana Wedd. ex Cabrera
  • Mutisia mathewsii Hook. & Arn.
  • Mutisia microcephala Sodiro ex Cabrera
  • Mutisia microneura Cuatrec.
  • Mutisia microphylla Willd. ex DC.
  • Mutisia ochroleuca Cuatrec.
  • Mutisia oligodon Poepp. & Endl.
  • Mutisia orbignyana Wedd.
  • Mutisia pulcherrima Muschl.
  • Mutisia rauhii Ferreyra
  • Mutisia retrorsa Cav.
  • Mutisia rimbachii Sodiro ex S.K.Harris
  • Mutisia rosea Poepp. ex Less.
  • Mutisia saltensis Cabrera
  • Mutisia sinuata Cav.
  • Mutisia sodiroi Hieron.
  • Mutisia speciosa Aiton ex Hook.
  • Mutisia spectabilis Phil.
  • Mutisia spinosa Ruiz & Pav.
  • Mutisia splendens Renjifo
  • Mutisia stuebelii Hieron.
  • Mutisia subspinosa Cav.
  • Mutisia subulata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Mutisia tridens Poepp. ex Less.
  • Mutisia venusta S.F.Blake
  • Mutisia vicia J.Kost.
  • Mutisia wurdackii Cabrera
formerly included1

see Gongylolepis

  • Mutisia obovata - Gongylolepis martiana
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  2. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 57, 373 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Mutisia L.f.
  4. "Mutisia". flora de chile. Archived from the original on 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  5. Carmen Ulloa Ulloa; Peter Møller Jørgensen. "A New Species of Mutisia (Compositae-Mutisieae) from Ecuador". Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  6. "Mutisia L.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
External links
  • Compositae Working Group (CWG) (2025). "Mutisia L.f." Global Compositae Database. Retrieved 30 June 2025.