| Smallanthus | |
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| Smallanthus sonchifolius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Millerieae |
| Subtribe: | Espeletiinae |
| Genus: | Smallanthus Mack. |
| Type species | |
| Smallanthus uvedalia | |
| Synonyms | |
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Polymniastrum Small | |
Smallanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Millerieae within the family Asteraceae.1
Taxonomy
The following species are currently recognized:2
- Smallanthus apus – Mexico
- Smallanthus cocuyensis – Colombia
- Smallanthus connatus – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile
- Smallanthus fruticosus – Ecuador, Peru
- Smallanthus glabratus – Bolivia, Peru
- Smallanthus jelksii – Peru
- Smallanthus latisquamus – Mexico, Central America
- Smallanthus lundellii – Guatemala
- Smallanthus macroscyphus – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
- Smallanthus maculatus – Central America, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz
- Smallanthus macvaughii – Jalisco
- Smallanthus meridensis – Venezuela
- Smallanthus microcephalus – Ecuador, Peru
- Smallanthus oaxacanus – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
- Smallanthus obscurus – Chiapas
- Smallanthus parviceps – Bolivia
- Smallanthus putlanus – Oaxaca
- Smallanthus pyramidalis – Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
- Smallanthus quichensis – Guatemala, Costa Rica
- Smallanthus riograndensis – Rio Grande do Sul
- Smallanthus riparius – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, Chiapas
- Smallanthus siegesbeckia – Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay
- Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacón) – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Smallanthus uvedalia – eastern and south-central United States from Texas to Florida to New York
References
References
- Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 33 Smallanthus Mackenzie ex Small
- Vitali, Maira; Sancho, Gisela; Katinas, Liliana (2015). "A revision of Smallanthus (Asteraceae, Millerieae), the "yacón" genus". Phytotaxa. 214 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.214.1.1. hdl:11336/66806. ISSN 1179-3163.