Galinsoga Explained

Galinsoga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]} It is native to North and South America and the West Indies, and naturalized in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.^{[3] [4]}

The name Galinsoga was dedicated to Ignacio Mariano Martinez de Galinsoga, who founded the Spanish Real Academia Nacional de Medicina and was director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.^[5]

Species

References

• United States Department of Agriculture plants profile

Notes and References

1. Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 110, plate 24
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/747879#page/205/mode/1up Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1798. Systema vegetabilium florae Peruvianae et Chilensis :characteres prodromi genericos differentias 197-199
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=113183 Flora of North America, Quickweed, Galinsoga Ruiz & Pavón, Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 110, plate 24. 1794.
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=113183 Flora of China, Vol. 20-21 Page 864 牛膝菊属 niu xi ju shu Galinsoga Ruiz & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 110. 1794.
5. Martinez de Galinsoga, Genealoga Familia Pérez Martinez