Xanthisma

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Xanthisma
Xanthisma spinulosum 3.jpg
Xanthisma spinulosum
on Frenchman Mountain, Nevada
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Machaerantherinae
Genus: Xanthisma
DC.
Type species
Xanthisma texanum [1]
DC.
Synonyms [2]
  • Xanthisma sect. Sideranthus(Nutt. ex Nees) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm.
  • Machaeranthera subg. Sideranthus(Nutt. ex Nees) R.L.Hartm.
  • SideranthusNutt. ex Nees
  • CentauridiumTorr. & A.Gray
  • Machaeranthera sect. Sideranthus(Nutt. ex Nees) R.L.Hartm.
  • Machaeranthera sect. StenolobaR.L.Hartm.
  • SideranthusNutt.
  • EriocarpumNutt.

Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy, [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [3]

The generic name comes from the Greek "xanthos," "yellow", and "-ismos," "condition." [3] It was first described in 1836 from material collected in "The Mexican Province of Texas." [1]

Species [2] [9] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 94–95 in Latin
  2. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist [ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 3 Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 383 Sleepy-daisy Xanthisma de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 94. 1836.
  4. Tropicos, Xanthisma DC.
  5. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin . Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  6. UniProt. "Tribe Astereae" . Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  7. National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney . Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  8. "Polyarrhena Cass". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  9. The Plant List
  10. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps