Amboroa

Amboroa is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the highlands of South America. Amboroa was first described as a genus in 1956.[1][2][3]

Amboroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Supertribe:
Helianthodae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae
Genus:
Amboroa

Species

There are only two known species in Amboroa:[4]

  • Amboroa geminata Cabrera - Province of Sará in Bolivia
  • Amboroa wurdackii R.M.King & H.Rob. - Amazonas and Loreto Regions of Peru

References
  1. D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  2. Cabrera, Angel Lulio. 1956. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 6: 91
  3. Tropicos, Amboroa Cabrera
  4. The Plant List search for Amboroa
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