Rhysolepis

Rhysolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Helianthinae
Genus:	Rhysolepis S.F.Blake

Rhysolepis was a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Until 2011, when botanists Schilling & Panero studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclear ITS, ETS, and cpDNA, coming to a conclusion that the genus Viguiera Kunth, did not constitute a monophyletic group. Among their conclusions they proposed to reclassify the genus, dividing and relocating its species in at least eleven genera: Aldama La Llave, Bahiopsis Kellogg, Calanticaria (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) E.E. Schill. & Panero, DavilanthusE.E. Schill. & Panero, Dendroviguiera E.E. Schill. & Panero, Gonzalezia E.E. Schill. & Panero, Heiseria E.E. Schill. & Panero, Heliomeris Nutt., Hymenostephium Benth., Sidneya E.E. Schill. & Panero and ViguieraKunth. ^[4]

Former Species; ^{[5] [6]}

• Rhysolepis kingiiH.Rob. now Aldama kingii (H.Rob.) E.E.Schill. & Panero
• Rhysolepis morelensis(Greenm.) S.F.Blake now Aldama morelensis (S.F.Blake) E.E.Schill. & Panero

References

1. Blake, Sydney Fay. 1917. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 52: 36-37
2. Robinson, Harold Ernest & Moore, Abigail J. 2004. New species and new combinations in Rhysolepis (Heliantheae: Asteraceae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17(3): 423-446
3. Tropicos, Rhysolepis S.F. Blake
4. Schilling, Edward E.; Panero, Jose L. (November 2011). "A revised classification of subtribe Helianthinae (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) II. Derived lineages". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (3): 311–331. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01172.x .
5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
6. The Plant List search for Rhysolepis