Galinsoga

"Galinsogea" redirects here. For Galinsogea Kunth, see Tridax.

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Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Millerieae
Subtribe:	Galinsoginae
Genus:	Galinsoga Ruiz & Pav.
Type species
Galinsoga parviflora[1][2] Cav.
Synonyms[3]
Gallinsoga St.Hil. Stenocarpha S.F.Blake Wiborgia Roth Stematella Wedd. ex Sch.Bip. Galinsogaea Himpel Viborgia Spreng. Galinsogea Willd. Stemmatella Wedd. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Vigolina Poir. Adventina Raf. Galinsoja Roth Vargasia DC.

Galinsoga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[2][4][5] It is native to North and South America and the West Indies, and naturalized in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.^[6][7]

The name Galinsoga was dedicated to Ignacio Mariano Martinez de Galinsoga, who founded the Spanish Real Academia Nacional de Medicina and was director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.^[8]

Species^[3]

• Galinsoga amboensis D.L.Schulz
• Galinsoga boliviensis Canne-Hill.
• Galinsoga caligensis Canne-Hill.
• Galinsoga calva Rusby
• Galinsoga crozierae Panero
• Galinsoga durangensis (Longpre) Canne-Hill.
• Galinsoga formosa Canne-Hill.
• Galinsoga longipes Canne
• Galinsoga macrocephala H.Rob.
• Galinsoga mandonii Sch.Bip.
• Galinsoga mollis McVaugh
• Galinsoga parviflora Cav.
• Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav.
• Galinsoga spellenbergii B.L.Turner
• Galinsoga subdiscoidea Cronquist
• Galinsoga triradiata Canne-Hill.

References

1. lectotype designated by Roth, Catal. Bot. 3: 78-79 (1806)
2. Tropicos, Galinsoga Ruiz & Pav.
3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
4. Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 110, plate 24
5. Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1798. Systema vegetabilium florae Peruvianae et Chilensis :characteres prodromi genericos differentias 197-199 in Latin
6. Flora of North America, Quickweed , Galinsoga Ruiz & Pavón, Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 110, plate 24. 1794.
7. Flora of China, Vol. 20-21 Page 864 牛膝菊属 niu xi ju shu Galinsoga Ruiz & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 110. 1794.
8. (in Spanish) Martinez de Galinsoga, Genealoga Familia Pérez Martinez

• United States Department of Agriculture plants profile
• Data related to Galinsoga at Wikispecies
• Media related to Galinsoga at Wikimedia Commons