Kaunia

(Genus)

Overview

Kaunia is a genus of 14 species of South American shrubs or small trees. Its range is centered in Bolivia but it is also found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.^1]

Selected species

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bustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador). eFloras . http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=117002. Retrieved August 31, 2009.

Taxonomy

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The Genus Kaunia is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Kaunia: K. arbuscularis · K. camataguiensis · K. endyta · K. eucosmoides · K. grossidentata · K. gynoximorpha · K. gynoxymorpha · K. hosanensis · K. ignorata · K. lasiophthalma · K. longipetiolata · K. pachanoi · K. rufescens · K. saltensis · K. uber

References

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^ Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Peter Moller Jorgensen. "Kaunia R. King & H. Robinson" (in Spanish). ?rboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador). eFloras . http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=117002. Retrieved August 31, 2009.

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