Chionolaena Explained

Chionolaena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]} It is native to tropical and subtropical regions in the Americas, with species occurring discontinuously from central Mexico to southern Brazil.^[3] About half occur in southeastern Brazil.^[4]

Plants in this genus are small, woody shrubs and subshrubs. They have leaves with rolled edges, phyllaries with white to opaque tips, and staminate central florets.^[4] The plants grow in high-elevation habitat types.^[4]

Species^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151832#page/402/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 397
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007145 Tropicos, Chionolaena DC.
3. Freire, S. E. (1993). A revision of Chionolaena (Compositae, Gnaphalieae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 397-438.
4. Loeuille, B., et al. (2011). Four new species of Chionolaena (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from south-eastern Brazil. Kew Bulletin 66(2), 263-72.
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Chionolaena/ Chionolaena.