Acamptopappus

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Goldenhead [1]
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Acamptopappus shockleyi on the California-Nevada border
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Solidagininae
Genus: Acamptopappus
(A.Gray) A.Gray [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Haplopappus section Acamptopappus A.Gray

Acamptopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1873. [4] [3] [5]

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Acamptopappus is native to the deserts in southwestern North America. [6] The name is derived from a- (not), campto- (bent), and pappus (down). They are also commonly known as goldenheads. [7]

Acamptopappus plants are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora acamtopappi which feeds on A. sphaerocephalus.

Species [8] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 184 Goldenhead Acamptopappus (A. Gray) A. Gray
  2. ↑ Gray 1873, p. 634.
  3. 1 2 Tropicos, Acamptopappus (A. Gray) A. Gray
  4. ↑ Gray, Asa. 1973. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 8: 634 description in Latin, commentary in English
  5. ↑ Lane, Meredith A. (1988). "Generic Relationships and Taxonomy of Acamptopappus (Compositae: Astereae)". Madroño. 35 (3): 247–265. JSTOR   41424703.
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  7. ↑ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Acamptopappus

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