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Polymnia
| Polymnia | |
|---|---|
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| Pale-flowered leafcup (Polymnia canadensis)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Polymnieae (H.Rob.) Panero |
| Genus: | Polymnia Kalm |
| Type species | |
| Polymnia canadensis | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Polymnia is a genus of American plants in the sunflower family.[3][4][5] It is the only genus in the tribe Polymnieae.[6] Several species are known by the common name leafcup.[7]
- Polymnia aspera (Mart.) Mart. ex DC. - Mexico
- Polymnia canadensis L. - Ontario, much of eastern + central United States
- Polymnia cocuyensis Cuatrec. - Boyacá in Colombia
- Polymnia cossatotensis Pittman & V.M.Bates - Arkansas
- Polymnia johnbeckii D.Estes - Tennessee
- Polymnia laevigata Beadle - MO KY TN AL GA FL
- Polymnia quichensis J.M.Coult. - Costa Rica, Guatemala
- Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp. - Bolivia
- Formerly included[2]
Numerous species now in other genera: Axiniphyllum Berlandiera Didelta Guizotia Melampodium Montanoa Rumfordia Smallanthus Sphagneticola Unxia
- ^ 1913 illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 458. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. -
- ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 926 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Polymnia L.
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 39 Polymnia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 926. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 396. 1754.
- ^ Asteroideae - Taxonomy
- ^ NRCS. "Polymnia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ The Plant List/
- ^ Biota of North America program 2013 county distribution maps
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