Nahuatlea
Nahuatlea | |
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Nahuatlea arborescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Gochnatieae |
Genus: | Nahuatlea V.A.Funk (2017) |
Species[1] | |
7; see text |
Nahuatlea is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It includes seven species which range from southern Texas to southern Mexico.[1]
The species which constitute genus Nahuatlea were originally placed in genus Gochnatia. It was later discovered that Gochnatia was not monophyletic, and included a number of distinct clades. In 2017 Vicki Funk combined Mexican species of Gochnatia into a new genus Nahuatlea. Funk concluded that the genus is a sister to the Caribbean genus Anastraphia, and their common ancestor originated from South America in a dispersal event, evidenced by the fact that the Mexican Gochnatia (now Nahuatlea) are more morphologically similar to the Andean members of Gochnatia than to Anastraphia.[2]
Species
[edit]Seven species are accepted.[1]
- Nahuatlea arborescens (Brandegee) V.A.Funk
- Nahuatlea hiriartiana (Villaseñor, Medrano & Medina) V.A.Funk
- Nahuatlea hypoleuca (DC.) V.A.Funk
- Nahuatlea magna (M.C.Johnst. ex Cabrera) V.A.Funk
- Nahuatlea obtusata (S.F.Blake) V.A.Funk
- Nahuatlea purpusii (Brandegee) V.A.Funk
- Nahuatlea smithii (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) V.A.Funk
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Nahuatlea V.A.Funk. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Funk, Vicki A.; Sancho, Gisela; Roque, Nadia (2017). "Nahuatlea: a new genus of compositae (Gochnatieae) from North America". PhytoKeys (91): 105–124. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.91.21340. PMC 5769713. PMID 29362548.