Ayapana

Ayapana is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae.

The species of Ayapana at times been classified in the genus Eupatorium. The leaves, at least of Ayapana triplinervis, are commonly used medicinally. Species Ayapana is native to South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Ayapana amygdalina (Lam.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Trinidad, Central + South America Ayapana ecuadorensis R.M.King & H.Rob. - Ecuador Ayapana elata (Steetz) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Peru, Panama, Costa Rica Ayapana haughtii R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia Ayapana herrerae R.M.King & H.Rob. - Panama Ayapana hylophila (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia Ayapana jaramillii R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia Ayapana lanceolata R.M.King & H.Rob. - Bolivia, Peru, Pará Ayapana lopez-palaciosii V.M.Badillo - Venezuela Ayapana ornithophora (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia Ayapana pilluanensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Venezuela, Peru Ayapana robinsonii S.Díaz - Colombia Ayapana stenolepis (Steetz) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia, Panama, Bolivia Ayapana tovarensis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Venezuela Ayapana trinitensis (Kuntze) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad Ayapana triplinervis (Vahl) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, French Guiana, Ecuador, northern Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará) Ayapana turbacensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia, Ecuador