Guynesomia is a genus of Chilean flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Guynesomia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Baccharidinae
Genus: Guynesomia
Bonif. & G.Sancho
Species:
G. scoparia
Binomial name
Guynesomia scoparia
(Phil.) Bonif. & G.Sancho
Synonyms[1]
  • Nardophyllum scoparium Phil.
  • Hinterhubera scoparia (Phil.) Cabrera

The genus is named in honor of US botanist Guy L. Nesom.[2]

Species[1][4]

The only known species is Guynesomia scoparia, native to the Coquimbo Region in Chile.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ a b Bonifacino, Mauricio & Sancho, Gisela. 2004. Taxon 53(3): 675–678, figures 1–3, 4 [map].
  3. ^ Tropicos, Guynesomia Bonif. & G. Sancho
  4. ^ The Plant List, Guynesomia scoparia (Phil.) Bonif. & G.Sancho
  5. ^ Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348