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Pamphalea

Pamphalea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus was first described by Lagasca in 1811, who spelled it Panphalea. de Candolle emended the spelling to Pamphalea in 1812, and that spelling has been generally accepted.SpeciesPamphalea araucariophila Cabrera - Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina Pamphalea bupleurifolia Less. - Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina Pamphalea cardaminifolia Less. - Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina Pamphalea commersonii Cass. - Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Uruguay Pamphalea heterophylla Less. - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay, Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Misiones Pamphalea maxima Less. - Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Uruguay Pamphalea missionum Cabrera - Rio Grande do Sul, Corrientes, Paraguay, Misiones Pamphalea ramboi Cabrera - Rio Grande do Sul Pamphalea smithii Cabrera - Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina Pamphalea tenuissima C.Trujillo, Bonif. & E.Pasini

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Pamphalea
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: Nassauvieae
Genus: Pamphalea
Lag.
Type species
Pamphalea commersonii
Cass.12
Synonyms3
  • Ceratolepis Cass.

Pamphalea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.45 The genus was first described by Lagasca in 1811, who spelled it Panphalea.6 de Candolle emended the spelling to Pamphalea in 1812, and that spelling has been generally accepted.7

Species8
References

References

  1. neotype designated by Cabrera, Notas Mus. LP, Bot. 16:226.1953
  2. Tropicos, Panphalea Lag.
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  4. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1812. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 19: 68
  5. Tropicos, Pamphalea DC.
  6. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1811. Amenidades Naturales de las Españas 1(1): 34
  7. Platt, Fernando Henrique; Bündchen, Márcia; Miotto, Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia (2016-09-07). "Nomenclatural notes on Pamphalea (Asteraceae: Nassauvieae)". Phytotaxa. 273 (2). Magnolia Press: 139. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.273.2.6. ISSN 1179-3163.
  8. "Pamphalea Lag". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-06-16.