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Nassauvia is a genus of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the aster family, Asteraceae

Asteraceae

The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

. It is said to be chocolate scented.It consists of 39 species and is native to Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

and the Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...

Selected species

Nassauvia acerosa Wedd. -

Nassauvia aculeata Poepp. & Endl. -

Nassauvia ameghinoi Speg. -

Nassauvia araucana Phil. -

Nassauvia argyrophylla Speg. ex Hosseus -

Nassauvia axillaris D.Don -

Nassauvia bryoides O.Hoffm. -

Nassauvia candollei Macloskie -

Nassauvia cespitosa Wedd. -

Nassauvia chubutensis Speg. -

Nassauvia commersonii Cass. -

Nassauvia coronipappa Arroyo & Martic. -

Nassauvia cumingii Hook. & Arn. -

Nassauvia dentata Griseb. -

Nassauvia digitata Wedd. -

Nassauvia dusenii O.Hoffm. -

Nassauvia gaudichaudii
Nassauvia gaudichaudii
The Coastal Nassauvia is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, rocky areas, and rocky shores.-References:...

Cass. - Coastal Nassauvia

Nassauvia glomerata Wedd. -

Nassauvia glomerulosa D.Don -

Nassauvia hillii Cabrera -

Nassauvia humilis Phil. -

Nassauvia juniperina Skottsb. -

Nassauvia latissima Skottsb. -

Nassauvia lycopodioides Phil. -

Nassauvia maeviae Cabrera -

Nassauvia magellanica J.F.Gmel. -

Nassauvia modesta O.Hoffm. ex Dusén -

Nassauvia morenonis Kuntze -

Nassauvia multiflora Meyen -

Nassauvia oligocephala Wedd. -

Nassauvia patagonica Speg. -

Nassauvia patula Phil. -

Nassauvia pentacaenoides Speg. -

Nassauvia pinnigera D.Don -

Nassauvia planifolia Wedd. -

Nassauvia pulcherrima Cabrera -

Nassauvia pumila Poepp. & Endl. -

Nassauvia pygmaea Hook.f. -

Nassauvia pyramidalis Meyen -

Nassauvia ramosissima DC. -

Nassauvia remyana Wedd. -

Nassauvia revoluta D.Don -

Nassauvia ruizii Cabrera -

Nassauvia sceptrum Dusén -

Nassauvia scleranthoides O.Hoffm. ex Dusén -

Nassauvia sericea Phil. -

Nassauvia serpens
Nassauvia serpens
Nassauvia serpens is a species of plant in the Asteraceae family. It is endemic to the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss....

d'Urv. - Snakeplant

Nassauvia sprengelioides DC. -

Nassauvia sublobata Cabrera -

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