Moquiniastrum

Moquiniastrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Gochnatioideae
Tribe: Gochnatieae
Genus: Moquiniastrum
(Cabrera) G.Sancho
Synonyms

Spadonia Less.

Moquiniastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1]

Its native range is Venezuelan Antilles to Southern Tropical America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and Venezuelan Antilles.[1]

The genus name of Moquiniastrum is in honour of Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863), a French naturalist and doctor.[2] It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.147 on page 29 in 2013.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Moquiniastrum (Cabrera) G.Sancho | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.