Kaunia

Kaunia is a genus of South American shrubs or small trees in the sunflower family.[2][3] Its range is centered in Bolivia but it is also found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.[4]

Kaunia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Eupatorieae[1]
Genus:	Kaunia R.M.King & H.Rob.
Type species
Eupatorium eucosmoides[2] B.L.Rob.

Genus is named for Edward Kaun of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.[2]

Species[1]

• 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. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1980. Phytologia 47: 257-260
3. Tropicos, Kaunia R.M. King & H. Rob.
4. 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.