Otopappus

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Otopappus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Otopappus
Benth.
Type species
Otopappus verbesinoides
Synonyms [1]
  • NotopteraUrb.
  • Zexmenia sect. Otopappus(Benth.) O.Hoffm.

Otopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, primarily Mesoamerican but with one species from Jamaica. [2] [3] [4]

Species [1] [5]
formerly included [1]

Several species one included in Otopappus are now regarded as better suited to other genera: Lundellianthus Oblivia Verbesina

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  2. Bentham, George. 1873. Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita 2: 196, 380 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Otopappus Benth.
  4. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  5. Hartman, R.L. & T. F. Stuessy. 1983. Revision of Otopappus (Compositae, Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 8(2): 185–210