Achnopogon

Achnopogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Achnopogon
Maguire, Steyerm. & Wurdack
Type species
Achnopogon virgatus
Maguire, Steyerm. & Wurdack

Achnopogon is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1957.[1][2]

The entire genus is endemic to Venezuela.[2][3][4]

Species[5]
  1. Achnopogon steyermarkii Aristeg. - State of Bolívar in southeastern Venezuela
  2. Achnopogon virgatus Maguire, Steyerm. & Wurdack - State of Bolívar in southeastern Venezuela

References

  1. ↑ Maguire, Bassett, Steyermark, Julian Alfred, & Wurdack, John Julius. 1957. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 9: 437-439 descriptions in Latin, geographical information in English
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Achnopogon Maguire, Steyerm. & Wurdack
  3. ↑ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  4. ↑ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  5. ↑ The Plant List, search for Achnopogon


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