Pfaffia

Genus of flowering plants

Pfaffia
Pfaffia townsendii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Pfaffia
Mart.
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Sertuernera Mart.

Pfaffia is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae.[1][2][3]

Species

As of April 2022[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

  • Pfaffia acutifolia (Moq.) O.Stützer
  • Pfaffia aphylla Suess.
  • Pfaffia argyrea Pedersen
  • Pfaffia brunae Marchior.
  • Pfaffia cipoana Marchior., Miotto & J.C.Siqueira
  • Pfaffia densipellita Borsch
  • Pfaffia denudata (Moq.) Kuntze
  • Pfaffia elata R.E.Fr.
  • Pfaffia eriocephala Suess.
  • Pfaffia fruticulosa Suess.
  • Pfaffia glabrata Mart.
  • Pfaffia gleasonii Suess.
  • Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng.) Pedersen
  • Pfaffia gnaphalioides (L.f.) Mart.
  • Pfaffia helichrysoides (Moq.) Kuntze
  • Pfaffia hirtula Mart.
  • Pfaffia iresinoides (Kunth) Spreng.
  • Pfaffia jubata Mart.
  • Pfaffia minarum Pedersen
  • Pfaffia miraflorensis Agudello & P.Franco
  • Pfaffia ninae Pedersen
  • Pfaffia nudicaulis Suess.
  • Pfaffia patiensis Agudelo
  • Pfaffia rotundifolia Pedersen
  • Pfaffia rupestris Marchior., Miotto & J.C.Siqueira
  • Pfaffia sarcophylla Pedersen
  • Pfaffia sericantha (Mart.) Pedersen
  • Pfaffia siqueiriana Marchior. & Miotto
  • Pfaffia tayronensis Agudelo
  • Pfaffia townsendii Pedersen
  • Pfaffia tuberculosa Pedersen
  • Pfaffia tuberosa (Spreng.) Hicken
  • Pfaffia velutina Mart.

Former species

  • Pfaffia paniculata - Suma root, Brazilian ginseng, now classified as Hebanthe erianthos

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c "Pfaffia Mart". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. ^ "Pfaffia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ Pfaffia at USDA PLANTS Database
Taxon identifiers
Pfaffia


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