Shangwua Explained

Shangwua is a genus of Asian flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.^[1]

Its native range is from Afghanistan to central and eastern Asia (within East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet and West Himalaya) and to southern central China and Myanmar.

The genus name of Shangwua is in honour of Shang Wu Liu (b. 1934), Chinese botanist, taxonomist and professor in the province of Qinghai, China.^[2] It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.62 on page 992 in 2013.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Shangwua denticulata
• Shangwua jacea
• Shangwua masarica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shangwua Yu J.Wang, Raab-Straube, Susanna & J.Quan Liu Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 25 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.