Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3] Mutisia has been named after José Celestino Mutis.[4] It comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.[5]

Mutisia
Mutisia acerosa in Valparaíso Region, Chile.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Mutisieae
Genus: Mutisia
L.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Mutisia sect. Guariruma (Cass.) Cabrera
  • Guariruma Cass.
  • Aplophyllum Cass.

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:[6]

formerly included[1]

see Gongylolepis

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  2. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 57, 373 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Mutisia L.f.
  4. ^ "Mutisia". flora de chile. Archived from the original on 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  5. ^ Carmen Ulloa Ulloa; Peter Møller Jørgensen. "A New Species of Mutisia (Compositae-Mutisieae) from Ecuador". Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  6. ^ "Mutisia L.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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