Lemmatium
Genus of flowering plants
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Lemmatium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes 16 species native to South America, ranging from northeastern and central Brazil to northeastern Argentina.[1]
| Lemmatium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Neurolaeneae |
| Subtribe: | Neurolaeninae |
| Genus: | Lemmatium DC. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Brasilia G.M.Barroso | |
The genus was first described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1836. It was later synonymized with genus Calea as Calea sect. Lemmatium. In 2023 John F. Pruski resurrected the genus.[2]
Species
16 species are accepted.[1]
- Lemmatium arachnoideum (G.A.R.Silva & J.N.Nakaj.) Pruski
- Lemmatium brittonianum (Pruski) Pruski
- Lemmatium clematideum (Baker) Pruski
- Lemmatium diamantinense (G.A.R.Silva & J.N.Nakaj.) Pruski
- Lemmatium divergens (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Pruski
- Lemmatium fruticosum (Gardner) Pruski
- Lemmatium grazielae (J.U.Santos) Pruski
- Lemmatium intermedium (Pruski & Urbatsch) Pruski
- Lemmatium irwinii (G.M.Barroso) Pruski
- Lemmatium lemmatioides (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Pruski
- Lemmatium morii (H.Rob.) Pruski
- Lemmatium nitidum (Less.) Pruski
- Lemmatium oxylepis (Baker) Pruski
- Lemmatium rotundifolium (Less.) DC.
- Lemmatium sickii (G.M.Barroso) Pruski
- Lemmatium wedelioides (Baker) Pruski