Siapaea is a genus of plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3]

Siapaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Siapaea
Pruski
Species:
S. liesneri
Binomial name
Siapaea liesneri
Pruski

Species edit

The only known species is Siapaea liesneri, native to the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela.[4][5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Pruski, John Francis. 1996. Brittonia 48(2): 190–191, figures 1–2
  3. ^ Tropicos, Siapaea Pruski
  4. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  6. ^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas