Moonia
Moonia
Genus of flowering plants
Moonia is a genus of Asian and Australian flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3]
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Moonia | |
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Moonia arnottiana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Coreopsideae |
Genus: | Moonia Arn. |
Type species | |
Moonia heterophylla | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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There are difficulties regarding the classification of this genus for its affinities are uncertain. Further studies are needed to clarify its taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships.[4]
- Species[1]
- Moonia arnottiana Wight - Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Moonia ecliptoides (F.Muell.) Benth. - Western Australia, Northern Territory[5]
- Moonia heterophylla Arn. - Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
- Moonia moluccana (Blume) J.Kost. - Maluku[6] (now Quadribractea moluccana)
- Moonia procumbens (DC.) Benth. - Queensland, Northern Territory[4]
- formerly included[1]
- Moonia quadribracteata (Warb.) Mattf., syn of Quadribractea moluccana (Blume) J.Kost.
- Moonia trichodesmoides (F.Muell.) Benth., syn of Pentalepis trichodesmoides F.Muell.
- Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1836. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta 18: 348
- Orchard, Anthony E. 2013. The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic concept (Asteraceae:Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23:337-466 (as Acunniana procumbens (DC.) Orchard),
- Jstor Global Plants, Type of Verbesina moluccana Blume includes photo of type specimen at Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University
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