Moquinia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Moquinieae within the family Asteraceae.[3][4]

Moquinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Moquinieae
Genus: Moquinia
DC. 1838, conserved name, not A.Spreng. 1828 (syn of Moquiniella in Loranthaceae)[1]
Type species
Moquinia racemosa
Synonyms[2]
  • Spadonia Less.

The genus name of Moquinia is in honour of Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863), a French naturalist and doctor.[5] It was first described and published in 1838.[6]

Species

Over 40 species names have been described in the genus, but nearly all of them have been transferred to other genera (Barrosoa, Gochnatia, Guayania, Inula, Llerasia, Piptocarpha, and Pseudostifftia). Two remain in Moquinia.[2]

As of May 2024, Plants of the World Online listed Moquinia bojeri as "unplaced".[7]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Moquinia A. Spreng.
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  3. ^ a b Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 7(1): 22-24 in Latin
  4. ^ Tropicos, Moquinia DC.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Moquinia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Moquinia bojeri DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 May 2024.