Chacoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4]

Chacoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Chacoa
R.M.King & H.Rob.
Species:
C. pseudoprasiifolia
Binomial name
Chacoa pseudoprasiifolia
(Hassl.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatorium sect. Laevia Cabrera
  • Eupatorium pseudoprasiifolium Hassl.
  • Eupatorium fiebrigii var. heterophyllum Hassl.
  • Eupatorium fiebrigii var. acuminata Hassl.
  • Eupatorium fiebrigii Hassl.

There is only one known species, Chacoa pseudoprasiifolia, native to southern Brazil (Santa Catarina State), Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.[1]

formerly included[1]

Chacoa mikaniifolia (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Synonym of Bishovia mikaniifolia (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1975. Phytologia 32: 275-276
  3. ^ D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  4. ^ Tropicos, Chacoa R.M. King & H. Rob.