Galinsoga

Galinsogea redirects here; for Galinsogea Kunth see Tridax.
Quickweed
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Neurolaeneae[1]
Genus: Galinsoga
Ruiz & Pav.
Type species
Galinsoga parviflora[2][3]
Cav.
Synonyms[1]
  • Gallinsoga St.Hil.
  • Stenocarpha S.F.Blake
  • Wiborgia Roth
  • Stematella Wedd. ex Sch.Bip.
  • Galinsogaea Himpel
  • Viborgia Spreng.
  • Galinsogea Willd.
  • Stemmatella Wedd. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Vigolina Poir.
  • Adventina Raf.
  • Galinsoja Roth
  • Vargasia DC.

Galinsoga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4][5] It is native to North and South America and the West Indies, and naturalized in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.[6][7]

The name Galinsoga was dedicated to Ignacio Mariano Martinez de Galinsoga, who founded the Spanish Real Academia Nacional de Medicina and was director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.[8]

Species[1]
  1. Galinsoga amboensis D.L.Schulz
  2. Galinsoga boliviensis Canne-Hill.
  3. Galinsoga caligensis Canne-Hill.
  4. Galinsoga calva Rusby
  5. Galinsoga crozierae Panero
  6. Galinsoga durangensis (Longpre) Canne-Hill.
  7. Galinsoga formosa Canne-Hill.
  8. Galinsoga longipes Canne
  9. Galinsoga macrocephala H.Rob.
  10. Galinsoga mandonii Sch.Bip.
  11. Galinsoga mollis McVaugh
  12. Galinsoga parviflora Cav.
  13. Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav.
  14. Galinsoga spellenbergii B.L.Turner
  15. Galinsoga subdiscoidea Cronquist
  16. Galinsoga triradiata Canne-Hill.


References

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