| Kaunia | |
|---|---|
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| Kaunia saltensis | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae | 
| Tribe: | Eupatorieae | 
| Genus: | Kaunia R.M.King & H.Rob.  | 
| Type species | |
| Eupatorium eucosmoides[1] B.L.Rob.  | |
Kaunia is a genus of South American shrubs or small trees in the family Asteraceae.[1][2] Its range is centered in Bolivia but it is also found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.[3]
Genus is named for Edward Kaun of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.[1]
- Species[4]
 
- Kaunia camataguiensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia endyta (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia eucosmoides (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia grossidentata (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia gynoximorpha (Rusby ex B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia gynoxioides Rusby
 - Kaunia gynoxymorphum (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia hosanensis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia ignorata (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia lasiophthalma (Griseb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia longipetiolata (Sch.Bip. ex Rusby) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia pachanoi (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia rufescens (Lund ex DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 - Kaunia saltensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
 
References
- 1 2 3 King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1980. Phytologia 47: 257-260
 - ↑ Tropicos, Kaunia R.M. King & H. Rob.
 - ↑ Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Peter Moller Jorgensen. "Kaunia R. King & H. Robinson". Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador) (in Spanish). eFloras. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
 - ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
 
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