Blainvillea

Life-forms

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: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ecliptinae
Genus: Blainvillea
Species: B. acmella – B. calcicola – B. cunninghamii – B. dichotoma - B. gayana

⧼Source(s) of checklist⧽:

Hassler, M. 2018. Blainvillea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31. Reference page.

Name

Blainvillea Cass.

Type species: Blainvillea rhomboidea Cass.

Synonyms

Eisenmannia Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.
Galophthalmum Nees & Mart.

References

Cass., Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, ed. 2, 29: 493–494. 1823.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Blainvillea. Published online. Accessed: January 31 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Blainvillea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31.
Tropicos.org 2018. Blainvillea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31.
Hassler, M. 2018. Blainvillea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31. Reference page.

Blainvillea is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[2][3] They are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia, and Latin America.[1]

They are annual or perennial herbs. The flower heads contain small ray florets with toothed tips, usually yellow, or occasionally white. The genus name honors French naturalist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville.[4]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Blainvillea:[5]

Blainvillea acmella
Blainvillea calcicola
Blainvillea cunninghamii
Blainvillea dichotoma - French Guiana
Blainvillea gayana - Africa from Egypt to Gambia and KwaZulu-Natal; Yemen, Cape Verde

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1823. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 29: 493–494in French
Tropicos, Blainvillea Cass.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). CRC Press. p. 595. ISBN 978-1-4822-5064-0.
"Blainvillea Cass. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-01-03.