Neurolaena

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Neurolaena is a genus of flowering plants native to the Americas in the tribe Neurolaeneae within the family Asteraceae. The species that fall under this taxonomic genus occur from Mexico to Bolivia, including the Caribbean islands.[2] The majority of Neurolaena are restricted to montane environments.[2]

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Neurolaena
Neurolaena lobata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Neurolaeneae
Genus: Neurolaena
R.Br. 1817 not B.L.Turner 1982
Type species
Conyza lobata
Synonyms[1]
  • Neurochlaena Less.
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Species

Species include:[3][4][2]

  • Neurolaena balsana - Guerrero
  • Neurolaena cobanensis - Chiapas, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  • Neurolaena fulva - Chiapas, Oaxaca
  • Neurolaena intermedia - Guatemala
  • Neurolaena lamina - Oaxaca, Veracruz
  • Neurolaena lobata - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Central America, West Indies, South America, Florida
  • Neurolaena macrocephala - Oaxaca, Veracruz
  • Neurolaena macrophylla - Guatemala, Chiapas
  • Neurolaena oaxacana - Oaxaca
  • Neurolaena schippii - Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
  • Neurolaena venturana - Veracruz
  • Neurolaena wendtii - Veracruz
  • Neurolaena curtipalea - Yarumal, department of Antioquía, Colombia

formerly included

  • Neurolaena indenii Sch.Bip. ex A.Gray - Schistocarpha eupatorioides (Fenzl) Kuntze
  • Neurolaena liebmannii Sch.Bip. ex Klatt - Schistocarpha bicolor Less.
  • Neurolaena lindenii Sch.Bip. ex A.Gray - Schistocarpha eupatorioides (Fenzl) Kuntze
  • Neurolaena tenuifolia Sch.Bip. ex Klatt - Bartlettina karwinskiana (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

(See Bartlettina and Schistocarpha.)

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