Perezia (plant) explained

Perezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is distributed in South America, especially in the central and southern Andes.^[1]

Though some species occur at sea level, most Perezia grow in high-elevation mountain habitat. Species are found in most high Andean ecosystems, except for the páramo.^[1]

Some species are used in traditional medicine in South America. P. multiflora is used to treat postpartum hemorrhage, P. pinnatifida is used as a sedative, and P. purpurata is used as an anti-inflammatory.^[2]

There are about 30 to 35 species in the genus.^[1]

Species include:^[3]

• Perezia atacamensis
• Perezia bellidifolia
• Perezia calophylla
• Perezia carduncelloides
• Perezia carthamoides
• Perezia catharinensis
• Perezia ciliaris
• Perezia ciliosa
• Perezia delicata
• Perezia dicephala
• Perezia eryngioides
• Perezia fonkii
• Perezia fosbergii
• Perezia kingii
• Perezia lactucoides
• Perezia linearis
• Perezia lyrata
• Perezia macrocephala
• Perezia magellanica
• Perezia mandoni
• Perezia megalantha
• Perezia multiflora  - escorzonera, chanqoroma^[2]
• Perezia nutans
• Perezia pedicularidifolia
• Perezia pilifera
• Perezia pinnatifida  - valeriana^[2]
• Perezia poeppigii
• Perezia prenanthoides
• Perezia pungens
• Perezia purpurata  - marancel^[2]
• Perezia pygmaea
• Perezia recurvata
• Perezia spathulata
• Perezia squarrosa
• Perezia sublyrata
• Perezia virens
• Perezia volcanensis

External links

• Apodaca, M.J., J.V. Crisci, and L. Katinas. (2015). Andean Origin and Diversification of the Genus Perezia, an Ancient Lineage of Asteraceae. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
• Perezia. Preliminary Checklist of the Compositae of Bolivia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Further reading

• Katinas, L. (2012). Revisión del género Perezia (Compositae). Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 47(1-2), 159–261.

Notes and References

1. 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00039.x. Phylogeny and evolution of Perezia (Asteraceae: Mutisieae: Nassauviinae) . 2009 . Simpson . Beryl B. . Arroyo . Mary T. K. . Sipe . Sandra . Dias De Moraes . Marta . McDill . Joshua . Journal of Systematics and Evolution . 47 . 5 . 431–443 . 86774945 . free .
2. 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.11.021. The recurvatianes: A suite of oxygenated guaiane sesquiterpenes from Perezia recurvata . 2011 . Gallardo . Amalia B. . Cueto . Mercedes . Díaz-Marrero . Ana R. . Cuadra . Pedro . Fajardo . Victor . Darias . José . Phytochemistry . 72 . 2–3 . 284–289 . 21195438 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034049/http://www2.cmu.edu.tw/~cmcphati/100-seminar/1001201-seminar/1001201-5160-1.pdf . 2016-03-04 .
3. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Perezia/ Perezia.