# Moquinia

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***Moquinia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of flowering plants in the tribe [Moquinieae](/source/Moquinieae) within the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae).[2][3]

The genus name of *Moquinia* is in honour of [Alfred Moquin-Tandon](/source/Alfred_Moquin-Tandon) (1804–1863), a French naturalist and doctor.[4] It was first described and published in 1838.[5]

**Species**

Over 40 species names have been described in the genus, but nearly all of them have been transferred to other genera (*[Barrosoa](/source/Barrosoa)*, *[Gochnatia](/source/Gochnatia)*, *[Guayania](/source/Guayania)*, *[Inula](/source/Inula)*, *[Llerasia](/source/Llerasia)*, *[Piptocarpha](/source/Piptocarpha)*, and *[Pseudostifftia](/source/Pseudostifftia)*). Two remain in *Moquinia.*[6]

- *[Moquinia bojeri](/source/Moquinia_bojeri)* DC. – [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)[2]
- *[Moquinia racemosa](/source/Moquinia_racemosa)* (Spreng.) DC. – [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais), [Bahia](/source/Bahia) (states in Brazil)

As of May 2024, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) listed *Moquinia bojeri* as "unplaced".[7]

## References

1. [Tropicos, *Moquinia* A. Spreng.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022671)

1. [Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 7(1): 22-24](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7156#page/27/mode/1up) in Latin

1. [Tropicos, Moquinia DC.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022677)

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). [*Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018) [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2018](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018). ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

1. ["*Moquinia* DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331781-2). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

1. [Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist](http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch) [Archived](https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch) 2014-11-06 at archive.today

1. "*Moquinia* bojeri DC.". 233635-1. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

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