Ayapana
Appearance
Ayapana | |
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Ayapana triplinervis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
Genus: | Ayapana Spach |
Ayapana is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3]
The species of Ayapana at times been classified in the genus Eupatorium. The leaves, at least of Ayapana triplinervis, are commonly used medicinally.
- Species
Ayapana is native to South America, Central America, and the West Indies.[4]
- 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 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 (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia, Ecuador
References
[edit]- ^ Spach, Édouard. 1841. Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames 10: 290-291 in French
- ^ Tropicos, Ayapana Spach
- ^ Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Thomas Brendler (2003). Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Indian Ocean Islands. Medpharm. p. 135. ISBN 978-3-88763-094-2.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
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