Nicolletia

Nicolletia
Nicolletia occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Tageteae
Subtribe:	Pectidinae
Genus:	Nicolletia A.Gray
Type species
Nicolletia occidentalis A.Gray

Nicolletia, common name hole-in-the-sand plant, ^{[1] [2]} is a small genus of flowering plants in tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

The genus is named for explorer Jean Nicholas Nicollet, 1786–1843. ^[7]

Species ^{[8] [9] [10]}

• Nicolletia edwardsii A.Gray - western Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas
• Nicolletia occidentalis A.Gray - Mojave hole-in-the-sand plant - Baja California, southern California
• Nicolletia trifida Rydb. - Baja California, Baja California Sur

References

1. DesertUSA, Mojave Hole-in-the-Sand Plant
2. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Edwards' Hole-in-the-sand Plant". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
3. Gray, Asa in Frémont, John Charles. 1845. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 page 315
4. Uniprot.org
5. Tropicos, Nicolletia A. Gray
6. Strother, J. L. 1978. Taxonomy and geography of Nicolletia (Compositae: Tageteae). Sida 7: 369–374.
7. Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 231 Nicolletia A. Gray in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts. 315. 1845.
8. "Nicolletia". Global Compositae Checklist.
9. 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.
10. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps