Vickianthus
Genus of flowering plants
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Vickianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes ten species native to Mexico.[1]
| Vickianthus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Vernonioideae |
| Tribe: | Vernonieae |
| Genus: | Vickianthus H.Rob. |
The species now included in Vickianthus were formerly placed in the genera Vernonia and Vernonanthura. In 2023 Harold E. Robinson et al. organized them into a new genus based in a comprehensive phylogenetic study of the tribe Vernonieae. The genus is named after the botanist, curator, and plant collector Vicki Funk (1947–2019).[2]
Species
Ten species are accepted.[1]
- Vickianthus alamanii (DC.) H.Rob.
- Vickianthus bealliae (McVaugh) H.Rob.
- Vickianthus cronquistii (S.B.Jones) H.Rob.
- Vickianthus hintoniorum (B.L.Turner) H.Rob.
- Vickianthus inuloides (DC.) H.Rob.
- Vickianthus karvinskianus (DC.) H.Rob.
- Vickianthus liatroides (DC.) H.Rob.
- Vickianthus oaxacanus (Sch.Bip. ex Klatt) H.Rob.
- Vickianthus serratuloides (Kunth) H.Rob.
- Vickianthus vernonioides (A.Gray) H.Rob.