Moquiniastrum

Moquiniastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.^[1]

Moquiniastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Gochnatioideae
Tribe:	Gochnatieae
Genus:	Moquiniastrum (Cabrera) G.Sancho
Synonyms
Spadonia Less.

Its native range is Venezuelan Antilles to Southern Tropical America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and Venezuelan Antilles.^[1]

The genus name of Moquiniastrum is in honour of Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863), a French naturalist and doctor.^[2] It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.147 on page 29 in 2013.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

• Moquiniastrum argentinum (Cabrera) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum argyreum (Dusén ex Malme) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum barrosoae (Cabrera) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum blanchetianum (DC.) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum bolivianum (Rusby) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum cinereum (Hook. & Arn.) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum cordatum (Less.) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum densicephalum (Cabrera) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum discolor (Baker) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum floribundum (Cabrera) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum gardneri (Baker) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum glabrum Roque, Neves & A.M.Teles
• Moquiniastrum hatschbachii (Cabrera) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum haumanianum (Cabrera) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum mollissimum (Malme) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum oligocephalum (Gardner) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum paniculatum (Less.) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum polymorphum (Less.) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum pulchrum (Cabrera) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum ramboi (Cabrera) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum sordidum (Less.) G.Sancho
• Moquiniastrum velutinum (Bong.) G.Sancho