Chionolaena

Chionolaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Chionolaena
DC.
Type species
Chionolaena arbuscula
DC.
Synonyms[1]

Chionolaena is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[2][3] It is native to tropical and subtropical regions in the Americas, with species occurring discontinuously from central Mexico to southern Brazil.[4] About half occur in southeastern Brazil.[5]

Plants in this genus are small, woody shrubs and subshrubs. They have leaves with rolled edges, phyllaries with white to opaque tips, and staminate central florets.[5] The plants grow in high-elevation habitat types.[5]

Species[6]
  1. Chionolaena adpressifolia[5]
  2. Chionolaena aecidiocephala
  3. Chionolaena arbuscula
  4. Chionolaena campestris[5]
  5. Chionolaena canastrensis[5]
  6. Chionolaena capitata
  7. Chionolaena chrysocoma
  8. Chionolaena columbiana
  9. Chionolaena concinna
  10. Chionolaena costaricensis
  11. Chionolaena cryptocephala
  12. Chionolaena durangensis
  13. Chionolaena eleagnoides
  14. Chionolaena isabellae
  15. Chionolaena jeffreyi
  16. Chionolaena juniperina[5]
  17. Chionolaena latifolia
  18. Chionolaena lychnophorioides
  19. Chionolaena macdonaldii
  20. Chionolaena phylicoides
  21. Chionolaena salicifolia
  22. Chionolaena sartorii
  23. Chionolaena stolonata[7]
  24. Chionolaena wittigiana

References

  1. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 397 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Chionolaena DC.
  4. ↑ Freire, S. E. (1993). A revision of Chionolaena (Compositae, Gnaphalieae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 397-438.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Loeuille, B., et al. (2011). Four new species of Chionolaena (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from south-eastern Brazil. Kew Bulletin 66(2), 263-72.
  6. ↑ Chionolaena. The Plant List.
  7. ↑ Pruski, J. F. (2012). Studies of Neotropical Compositae–IV. Pseudognaphalium leucostegium, a new species from Huehuetenango, Guatemala, and a new combination in Chionolaena (Gnaphalieae). Phytoneuron 2012-1: 1–5.
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