Pamphalea Explained

Pamphalea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]} The genus was first described by Lagasca in 1811, who spelled it Panphalea.^[3] de Candolle emended the spelling to Pamphalea in 1812, and that spelling has been generally accepted.^[4]

Species^[5]

• Pamphalea araucariophila Cabrera - Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina
• Pamphalea bupleurifolia Less. - Uruguay, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Ríos)
• Pamphalea cardaminifolia Less. - Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina
• Pamphalea commersonii Cass. - Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Uruguay
• Pamphalea heterophylla Less. - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay, Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Misiones
• Pamphalea maxima Less. - Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Uruguay
• Pamphalea missionum Cabrera - Rio Grande do Sul, Corrientes, Paraguay, Misiones
• Pamphalea ramboi Cabrera - Rio Grande do Sul
• Pamphalea smithii Cabrera - Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina
• Pamphalea tenuissima C.Trujillo, Bonif. & E.Pasini

Notes and References

1. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1812. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 19: 68
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40000311 Tropicos, Pamphalea DC.
3. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1811. Amenidades Naturales de las Españas 1(1): 34
4. Platt . Fernando Henrique . Bündchen . Márcia . Miotto . Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia . Nomenclatural notes on Pamphalea (Asteraceae: Nassauvieae) . Phytotaxa . Magnolia Press . 273 . 2 . 2016-09-07 . 1179-3163 . 10.11646/phytotaxa.273.2.6 . 139.
5. Web site: Pamphalea Lag.. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Global Compositae Database. 2022-06-16.