Polymnia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Polymnieae
Genus: Polymnia
Species: P. canadensis – P. cossatotensis – P. johnbeckii – P. laevigata – P. sonchifolia
Name

Polymnia L., 1753

Type species: Polymnia canadensis L.

Synonyms

Alymnia Neck.
Polymniastrum Lam.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 926. Reference page.
Polymnia L. – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Polymnia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
EOL: Polymnia

Vernacular names
日本語: ヤーコン属
русский: Полимния

Polymnia is a genus of American plants in the sunflower family.[3][4][5] It is the only genus in the tribe Polymnieae.[6] Several species are known by the common name leafcup.[7]

Species[2][8][9]

Polymnia aspera (Mart.) Mart. ex DC. - Mexico
Polymnia canadensis L. - Ontario, much of eastern + central United States
Polymnia cocuyensis Cuatrec. - Boyacá in Colombia
Polymnia cossatotensis Pittman & V.M.Bates - Arkansas
Polymnia johnbeckii D.Estes - Tennessee
Polymnia laevigata Beadle - MO KY TN AL GA FL
Polymnia quichensis J.M.Coult. - Costa Rica, Guatemala
Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp. - Bolivia

formerly included[2]

numerous species now in other genera: Axiniphyllum Berlandiera Didelta Guizotia Melampodium Montanoa Rumfordia Smallanthus Sphagneticola Unxia
References

1913 illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 458. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. -
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 926 in Latin
Tropicos, Polymnia L.
Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 39 Polymnia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 926. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 396. 1754.
Asteroideae - Taxonomy
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Polymnia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
The Plant List/
Biota of North America program 2013 county distribution maps