''Ayapana'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the family

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. The species of ''Ayapana'' at times been classified in the genus ''

Eupatorium ''Eupatorium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennials growing to tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate ...

''. The leaves, at least of '' Ayapana triplinervis'', are commonly used medicinally. ; Species ''Ayapana'' is native to

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/ref> * '' Ayapana amygdalina'' (Lam.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Trinidad, Central + South America * '' Ayapana ecuadorensis'' R.M.King & H.Rob. - Ecuador * '' Ayapana elata'' (Steetz) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Peru, Panama, Costa Rica * '' Ayapana haughtii'' R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia * '' Ayapana herrerae'' R.M.King & H.Rob. - Panama * '' Ayapana hylophila'' (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia * ''

Ayapana jaramillii ''Ayapana'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae. The species of ''Ayapana'' at times been classified in the genus ''Eupatorium''. The leaves, at least of '' Ayapana triplinervis'', are commonly used medicinally. ; Species '' ...

'' R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia * '' Ayapana lanceolata'' R.M.King & H.Rob. - Bolivia, Peru, Pará * '' Ayapana lopez-palaciosii'' V.M.Badillo - Venezuela * '' Ayapana ornithophora'' (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia * '' Ayapana pilluanensis'' (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Venezuela, Peru * '' Ayapana robinsonii'' S.Díaz - Colombia * '' Ayapana stenolepis'' (Steetz) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia, Panama, Bolivia * '' Ayapana tovarensis'' (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Venezuela * '' Ayapana trinitensis'' (Kuntze) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad * '' Ayapana triplinervis'' (Vahl) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, French Guiana, Ecuador, northern Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará) * ''

Ayapana turbacensis ''Ayapana'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae. The species of ''Ayapana'' at times been classified in the genus ''Eupatorium''. The leaves, at least of '' Ayapana triplinervis'', are commonly used medicinally. ; Species '' ...

'' (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia, Ecuador

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* Asteraceae genera {{Eupatorieae-stub