Polymnia
Polymnia is a genus of American plants in the sunflower family.[3][4][5] It is the only genus in the tribe Polymnieae.[6] Several species are known by the common name leafcup.[7]
- Polymnia aspera (Mart.) Mart. ex DC. - Mexico
 - Polymnia canadensis L. - Ontario, much of eastern + central United States
 - Polymnia cocuyensis Cuatrec. - Boyacá in Colombia
 - Polymnia cossatotensis Pittman & V.M.Bates - Arkansas
 - Polymnia johnbeckii D.Estes - Tennessee
 - Polymnia laevigata Beadle - MO KY TN AL GA FL
 - Polymnia quichensis J.M.Coult. - Costa Rica, Guatemala
 - Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp. - Bolivia
 
- formerly included[2]
 
| Polymnia | |
|---|---|
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| Pale-flowered leafcup (Polymnia canadensis)[1]  | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae | 
| Tribe: | Polymnieae (H.Rob.) Panero  | 
| Genus: | Polymnia Kalm  | 
| Type species | |
| Polymnia canadensis | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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numerous species now in other genera: Axiniphyllum Berlandiera Didelta Guizotia Melampodium Montanoa Rumfordia Smallanthus Sphagneticola Unxia
References
    
- 1913 illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 458. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. -
 - Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
 - Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 926 in Latin
 - Tropicos, Polymnia L.
 - Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 39 Polymnia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 926. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 396. 1754.
 - Asteroideae - Taxonomy
 - USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Polymnia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
 - The Plant List/
 - Biota of North America program 2013 county distribution maps
 
External links
    
 Data related to Polymnia at Wikispecies
 Media related to Polymnia at Wikimedia Commons- Polymnia canadensis - Pictures
 - Leafcup - Polymnia canadensis
 - Polymnia uvedalia L. - Fotos
 
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