Gnaphalium

Gnaphalium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Gnaphalium
L. (1753) not Adans. (1763)
Type species
Gnaphalium luteoalbum[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Filaginella Opiz
  • Gnaphalium sect. Synchaeta (Kirp.) Kirp.
  • Gnaphalium sect. Omalotheca (Cass.) Endl.
  • Homognaphalium Kirp.
  • Gnaphalium sect. Eugnaphalium DC.
  • Synchaeta Kirp.
  • Dasyranthus Raf. ex Steud.
  • Gnaphalion St.-Lag.
  • Demidium DC.
  • Omalotheca Cass.
  • Dasyanthus Bubani
  • Amphidoxa DC.
  • Omalotheca subg. Gamochaetiopsis Sch.Bip. & F.W. Schulz
  • Gnaphalium sect. Eu-Gnaphalium O.Hoffm.

Gnaphalium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae,[2][4] commonly called cudweeds or (formerly) chafeweeds. They are widespread and common in temperate regions, although some are found on tropical mountains or in the subtropical regions of the world.

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Britton & Brown, Illustrated Flora of North America 3: 453. 1913
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Gnaphalium L.
  3. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Gnaphalium
  4. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 850-857 in Latin