Ameghinoa Explained

Ameghinoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, described in 1897 by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini.[1] [2]

There is only one known species, Ameghinoa patagonica, native to the Chubut and Río Negro Provinces of Argentina.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Spegazzini, Carlo Luigi. 1897. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia; Universidad Nacional de La Plata 3(30–31): 539
  2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011744 Tropicos, Ameghinoa Speg.
  3. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-128549q The Plant List, Ameghinoa patagonica Speg.
  4. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2717137?tab=specimens Tropicos, Ameghinoa patagonica Speg. specimen list