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Lasthenia kunthii

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Lasthenia kunthii
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Unrecognized taxon (fix): Lasthenia kunthii

Lasthenia kunthii (vernacular name ranca)[1][2]) is a herb of Central Chile, first gathered in Rancagua.

It lives in flooded places, for example lagoons and grasslands with large amounts of salt. It lives in Chile, mostly between Coquimbo and Valdivia, but people have also seen it in Ultima Esperanza (Magallanes Region[3]) and in the provinces of Chubut and Río Negro, Argentina.

Classification

Lasthenia kunthii Hook.et Arn. (syn. L. obtusifolia Cass.,[4])

References

  1. González Valenzuela, H 2018. Rancagua en la Historia
  2. H.Gunckel Nombres Indigenas de Pl.chilenas
  3. E. DOMÍNGUEZ & A. ELVEBAKK. 2003. Ampliación del área de distribución de Lasthenia kunthii (Less.) Hook. et Arn. (Asteraceae: Heleniae) en Chile. < Chloris Chilensis Año 6. Nº 2.
  4. Navas LE Fl Cuenca de Santiago vol 3