''Werneria'' is a genus of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
n plants in the
groundsel tribe within the
sunflower family.
[Tropicos, ''Werneria'' Kunth ]
/ref>[Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. in Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund, Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 148–149]
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
as of December 2022:
Several species once included in ''Werneria'' are now considered as better suited to other genera: '' Cremanthodium'', ''Euryops
''Euryops'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. They are native mostly to rocky sites in southern Africa, with a few species in other parts of Africa and on the Arabian Peninsula. They produce daisy-like flowerheads from fe ...
'', ''Hypochaeris
''Hypochaeris'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. Many species are known as cat's ear. These are annual and perennial herbs generally bearing flower heads with yellow ray florets. These plants may resemble or be confused with dande ...
'', '' Misbrookea'', ''Senecio
''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels.
Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants.
Description
Morp ...
'', and ''Xenophyllum
''Xenophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The genus was erected in 1997 for several species formerly treated in genus ''Werneria''. These plants grow in the high mountains of the Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountai ...
''.[Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]
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References
Senecioneae
Asteraceae genera
Flora of Southern America
Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth
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