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plants in the sunflower family. It is the only genus in the tribe ''Polymnieae''. Several species are known by the common name leafcup. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
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Polymnia aspera ''Polymnia'' is a genus of American plants in the sunflower family. It is the only genus in the tribe ''Polymnieae''. Several species are known by the common name leafcup. ; Species Polymnia canadensis ''Polymnia canadensis'', commonly known as whiteflower leafcup, is a flowering perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern North America from Ontario south to Alabama and from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Minnesota east to North Ca ...

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Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

, much of eastern + central United States * '' Polymnia cocuyensis'' Cuatrec. - Boyacá in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

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Polymnia cossatotensis ''Polymnia'' is a genus of American plants in the sunflower family. It is the only genus in the tribe ''Polymnieae''. Several species are known by the common name leafcup. ; Species Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

* '' Polymnia laevigata'' Beadle - MO KY TN AL GA FL * ''

Polymnia quichensis ''Polymnia'' is a genus of Western Hemisphere, American plants in the Asteraceae, sunflower family. It is the only genus in the tribe ''Polymnieae''. Several species are known by the common name leafcup. ; Species Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

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Polymnia sonchifolia ''Polymnia'' is a genus of American plants in the sunflower family. It is the only genus in the tribe ''Polymnieae''. Several species are known by the common name leafcup. ; Species Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

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Axiniphyllum ''Axiniphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ; Species All the species are endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, co ...

Berlandiera ''Berlandiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The name honours explorer Jean-Louis Berlandier (1803–1851).

Didelta ''Didelta'' is a genus of shrubs of up to 1 or 2 meter high, with two known species in the daisy family. Like in almost all Asteraceae, the individual flowers are 5-merous, small and clustered in typical heads, and are surrounded by an involucre ...

Guizotia ''Guizotia'' is a genus of African herbs in the family Asteraceae. They are often known as sunflecks. The species ''Guizotia abyssinica'' is occasionally found outside of cultivation in Europe, North America and Asia Asia (, ) is one o ...

Melampodium ''Melampodium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. These are rugged plants native to the tropical to subtropical regions that include Central America, Southwestern United States, California, Florida, the Caribbean, and Sout ...

Montanoa ''Montanoa'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biologica ...

Rumfordia

Smallanthus ''Smallanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Millerieae within the family Asteraceae. Taxonomy The following species are currently recognized: *'' Smallanthus apus'' – Mexico *'' Smallanthus cocuyensis'' – Colombia *'' Smalla ...

Sphagneticola ''Sphagneticola'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly ...

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Asteroideae Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Asteroideae-stub