Burnellia Explained
Burnellia is genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It includes 28 species native to western South America, ranging from Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia.
Species in the genus were formerly placed in Coreopsis sect. Pseudoagarista, nom. invalid. A phylogenetic study found that both Coreopsis and section Pseudoagarista were polyphyletic, and the species in section Pseudoagarista were placed in the new genera Pseudoagarista, with 11 species endemic to Mexico, and Burnellia, which includes the South American species.[1]
Species
28 species are accepted.
- Burnellia cajamarcana
- Burnellia capillacea
- Burnellia celendinensis
- Burnellia connata
- Burnellia dentifolia
- Burnellia dilloniana
- Burnellia fasciculata
- Burnellia ferreyrae
- Burnellia foliosa
- Burnellia helleborifolia
- Burnellia holodasya
- Burnellia lopez-mirandae
- Burnellia macbridei
- Burnellia microlepis
- Burnellia namorana
- Burnellia nodosa
- Burnellia notha
- Burnellia oblanceolata
- Burnellia obovatifolia
- Burnellia parviceps
- Burnellia pervelutina
- Burnellia pickeringii
- Burnellia polyactis
- Burnellia senaria
- Burnellia sherffii
- Burnellia townsendii
- Burnellia venusta
- Burnellia woytkowskii
Notes and References
- Mesfin Tadesse and Daniel J. Crawford (2024). A Monograph of Coreopsis s.s., Burnellia, Gyrophyllum, Pseudoagarista, and Silphidium (Coreopsidae – Compositae). Systematic Botany Monographs Volume 114, January 29, 2024.
