Piptocoma
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| Piptocoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Vernonieae |
| Genus: | Piptocoma Cass. |
| Type species | |
| Piptocoma rufescens | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Piptocoma, common name velvetshrub,[2] is a genus of Caribbean and Latin American plants in the tribe Vernonieae[3] within the family Asteraceae.[4][5]
- Piptocoma acevedroi Pruski - Puerto Rico
- Piptocoma antillana Urb. - Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
- Piptocoma areolata (Wurdack) Pruski - eastern Venezuela
- Piptocoma barinensis (Aristeg.) Pruski - Venezuela
- Piptocoma discolor (Kunth) Pruski - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Piptocoma ekmanii Alain - Hispaniola
- Piptocoma hypochlora (S.F.Blake) Pruski - Venezuela, Trinidad
- Piptocoma macrophylla (Sch.Bip.) Pruski - Venezuela, Colombia
- Piptocoma milleri (J.R.Johnst.) Pruski - Venezuela, Trinidad
- Piptocoma neglecta (Stutts) Pruski - Venezuela
- Piptocoma niceforoi (Cuatrec.) Pruski - Venezuela, Colombia
- Piptocoma roraimensis (Steyerm.) Pruski - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
- Piptocoma rufescens Cass. - Hispaniola
- Piptocoma samanensis Alain - Hispaniola
- Piptocoma schomburgkii (Sch.Bip.) Pruski - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia, Suriname, French Guinea
- Piptocoma spruceana (Benth.) Pruski - Amazonas State in Venezuela
- Piptocoma trujillensis (Aristeg.) Pruski - Venezuela
- Piptocoma vernonioides (Kunth) Pruski - Venezuela
- formerly included[1]
Several species now in Lychnophora
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- ^ Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
- ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 10 in French
- ^ Tropicos, Piptocoma Cass.
- ^ Pruski, John Francis. 1996. Novon 6:96-102
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