Mutisia

Not to be confused with Matisia, in family Malvaceae sensu lato or Bombacaceae, or Mantisia, in family Zingiberaceae.

Mutisia
Mutisia acerosa in Valparaíso Region, Chile.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Mutisieae
Genus: Mutisia
L.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Mutisia sect. Guariruma (Cass.) Cabrera
  • Guariruma Cass.
  • Aplophyllum Cass.

Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3] Mutisia has been named after José Celestino Mutis.[4] It comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.[5]

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:[6]

formerly included[1]

see Gongylolepis

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  2. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 57, 373 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Mutisia L.f.
  4. ^ "Mutisia". flora de chile. Archived from the original on 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  5. ^ Carmen Ulloa Ulloa; Peter Møller Jørgensen. "A New Species of Mutisia (Compositae-Mutisieae) from Ecuador". Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  6. ^ "Mutisia L.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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