Acourtia | |
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Acourtia runcinata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Mutisioideae |
Tribe: | Nassauvieae |
Genus: | Acourtia D.Don [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Acourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830. [3] [4] [5] It includes desertpeonies, such as Acourtia nana (dwarf desertpeony) and Acourtia runcinata (featherleaf desertpeony). [6]
The genus name of Acourtia is in honour of Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs à Court-Repington (1792–1878), an English noblewoman with botanical interests, who married Charles Ashe à Court-Repington. [7]
Plants in this genus are native to the Southwestern United States (from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah to Texas) and Mesoamerica (in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico). [8] [9] They are diverse in appearance. The flowers are usually white, pink, or purple. [2] [10] [11] Their flower heads are usually composed of only disc florets, though some are long and look like ray florets.
81 species (as of January 2022), [8]
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