Candy Corn Plant – Cuphea micropetala

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Moquiniastrum polymorphum, the candeia or cambará, is a South American tree species in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4] It is native to South America, ranging from northeastern to southern and west-central Brazil, and Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina.[1]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are accepted.[1]

  • Moquiniastrum polymorphum subsp. ceanothifolium (Less.) G.Sancho – northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
  • Moquiniastrum polymorphum subsp. floccosum (Cabrera) G.Sancho – southern Brazil
  • Moquiniastrum polymorphum subsp. polymorphum – northeastern Brazil to southern Brazil and Paraguay

References

  1. ^ a b c d Moquiniastrum polymorphum (Less.) G.Sancho. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ Sancho, G., Roque, N. 2010. Gochnatia in Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today
  3. ^ Killeen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. Rapid Assessment Program Working Papers 10: 1–372
  4. ^ López, J. A. & J. E. L. Little. 1987. Árboles Comunes del Paraguay, Ñande Yvyra Mata Kuera1–425. Cuerpo de Paz, Colección e Intercambio de Información, Washington, D.C.
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