Proustia Explained

Proustia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South America and the West Indies.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Proustia cuneifolia D.Don - Peru, Bolivia
• Proustia ilicifolia Hook. & Arn. - Argentina, Chile
• Proustia pyrifolia DC. - Chile
• Proustia vanillosma C.Wright - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico^[3]

formerly included^[4] see Acourtia Berylsimpsonia Lophopappus Vernonanthura

• Proustia crassinervis Urb. - Berylsimpsonia crassinervis (Urb.) B.L.Turner
• Proustia cuneata S.F.Blake - Lophopappus blakei Cabrera
• Proustia domingensis Spreng. ex DC. - Vernonanthura buxifolia (Less.) H.Rob.
• Proustia mexicana Lag. ex D.Don - Acourtia humboldtii (Less.) B.L.Turner
• Proustia reticulata Lag. ex D.Don - Acourtia reticulata (Lag. ex D.Don) Reveal & R.M.King

Notes and References

1. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1811. Amenidades Naturales de las Españas 1(1): 33
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016677 Tropicos, Proustia Lag.
3. http://plants.usda.gov/maps/large/PR/PRVA.png US Department of Agriculture, plants database map
4. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist