Dicoria (plant)

Dicoria
Dicoria canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Ambrosiinae
Genus:	Dicoria Torrey & A.Gray

Dicoria (twinbugs) is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species ^{[5] [6]}

• Dicoria argentea Strother - northwestern Mexico (Sonora)
• Dicoria calliptera Rose & Standl. - northwestern Mexico (Sonora) ^{[7] [8]}
• Dicoria canescens A.Gray - northwestern Mexico (Baja California, Sonora), United States (California Nevada Arizona Utah New Mexico Colorado)

References

1. Emory, William Hemsley. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey :made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior, Botany 2(1): pages 86–87 genus description in Latin, species description in English
2. Emory, William Hemsley. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey :made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior, Botany 2(1): plate 30 line drawing of Dicoria canescens
3. Tropicos, Dicoria Torr. & A. Gray
4. Flora of North America, Dicoria canescens
5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Dicoria ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
7. Rose, J.N. & Paul C. Standley. 1912. Report on a collection of plants from the Pinacate Region of Sonora. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16: page18 description in English
8. Rose, J.N. & Paul C. Standley. 1912. Report on a collection of plants from the Pinacate Region of Sonora. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16: plate 18 line drawing of Dicoria calliptera

External links

• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Dicoria
• USDA Plants Profile for Dicoria