Cacosmia_(plant)

<i>Cacosmia</i> (plant)

Cacosmia (plant)

Genus of flowering plants

For the disorder of the sense of smell with the same name, see Parosmia.

Cacosmia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] The genus is native to South America.[4]

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The genus name is derived from the Greek kakos ("bad, ugly") and -osma ("smell, stink, fragrant odour, scent, perfume").[5]

Species[6][1]

References

  1. [1]
    Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. [2]
    Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 227–228
  3. [3]
    Tropicos, Cacosmia Kunth
  4. [4]
    Cacosmia subordinate taxa. Tropicos.
  5. [5]
    Stearn, W. T. (1993). The gender of the generic name Onosma (Boraginaceae). Taxon 42(3), 679-81.
  6. [6]
    Cacosmia. The Plant List.


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