Biology:Adenophyllum

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Adenophyllum
Cooper dyssodia.jpg
Adenophyllum cooperi
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Adenophyllum cooperi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae
Subtribe: Pectidinae
Genus: Adenophyllum
Pers.
Synonyms
  • Dyssodia sect. Adenophyllum (Pers.) O.Hoffm.
  • Lebetina Cass.
  • Trichaetolepis Rydb.
  • Dyssodia Willd. 1809, illegitimate homonym not Cav. 1802
  • Willdenowa Cav.
  • Schlechtendalia Willd. 1803, rejected name, not Less. 1830

Adenophyllum is a small genus of plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae. It contains ten species known generally as dogweeds.[1][2]

These are gangly, daisylike or thistlelike plants with yellow or reddish flowers. They are native primarily to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most common in desert regions.[3]

Species[4][5][6]
  • Adenophyllum anomalum (Canby & Rose) Strother - Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango
  • Adenophyllum appendiculatum (Lag.) Strother - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero
  • Adenophyllum aurantium (L.) Strother - Oaxaca
  • Adenophyllum cooperi (A.Gray) Strother - Cooper's dyssodia, Cooper's dogweed - United States (California Nevada Arizona Utah)
  • Adenophyllum glandulosum (Cav.) Strother - Oaxaca
  • Adenophyllum porophylloides (A.Gray) Strother - San Felipe dogweed - Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, United States (California Nevada Arizona)
  • Adenophyllum porophyllum (Cav.) Hemsl. - poreleaf dogweed - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, United States (Cochise County in Arizona)
  • Adenophyllum pulcherrimum (Strother) Villarreal
  • Adenophyllum speciosum (A.Gray) Strother - Baja California, Baja California Sur
  • Adenophyllum squamosum (A.Gray) Strother - Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Colima
  • Adenophyllum wrightii A.Gray - Wright's dogweed - Mexico, United States (Arizona New Mexico)
  • Adenophyllum yecoranum B.L.Turner

References

  1. Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1807. Synopsis Plantarum 2: 458 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, Adenophyllum Pers.
  3. Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 237, Adenophyllum Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 458. 1807.
  4. "Adenophyllum". Global Compositae checklist. http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Adenophyllum. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  5. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  6. Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2702887 entry