Machaonia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
Tribe: | Guettardeae |
Genus: |
Machaonia Humboldt & Bonpland |
Type species | |
Machaonia acuminata Humboldt & Bonpland
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Machaonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has about 32 species. [1] All are indigenous to the neotropics. [2] None has a unique common name. Some species have been called "alfilerillo", a Spanish name for the common and well-known genus Erodium. The type species for Machaonia is Machaonia acuminata. [3]
Machaonia was named by Humboldt and Bonpland in 1806 in their book, Plantae Aequinoctiales. [4] [5] This genus name is for Machaon, the son of Asclepias in Greek Mythology.
Phylogenetic studies of DNA sequences have shown that Machaonia is paraphyletic over Neoblakea and Allenanthus. [6]
The following species list may be incomplete or contain synonyms.
Machaonia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
Tribe: | Guettardeae |
Genus: |
Machaonia Humboldt & Bonpland |
Type species | |
Machaonia acuminata Humboldt & Bonpland
|
Machaonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has about 32 species. [1] All are indigenous to the neotropics. [2] None has a unique common name. Some species have been called "alfilerillo", a Spanish name for the common and well-known genus Erodium. The type species for Machaonia is Machaonia acuminata. [3]
Machaonia was named by Humboldt and Bonpland in 1806 in their book, Plantae Aequinoctiales. [4] [5] This genus name is for Machaon, the son of Asclepias in Greek Mythology.
Phylogenetic studies of DNA sequences have shown that Machaonia is paraphyletic over Neoblakea and Allenanthus. [6]
The following species list may be incomplete or contain synonyms.