Adenophyllum

dogweeds
Adenophyllum cooperi
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Adenophyllum cooperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Tageteae
Genus: Adenophyllum
Pers.
Synonyms
  • Dyssodia sect. Adenophyllum (Pers.) O.Hoffm.
  • Lebetina Cass.
  • Trichaetolepis Rydb.
  • Dyssodia Willd. 1809, illegitimate homonym not Cav. 1802
  • Willdenowa Cav.
  • Schlechtendalia Willd. 1803, rejected name, not Less. 1830

Adenophyllum is a small genus of plants in the marigold tribe within the sunflower family. It contains ten species known generally as dogweeds.[1][2]

These are gangly, daisylike or thistlelike plants with yellow or reddish flowers. They are native primarily to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most common in desert regions.[3]

Species[4][5][6]
  1. Adenophyllum anomalum (Canby & Rose) Strother - Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango
  2. Adenophyllum appendiculatum (Lag.) Strother - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero
  3. Adenophyllum aurantium (L.) Strother - Oaxaca
  4. Adenophyllum cooperi (A.Gray) Strother - Cooper's dyssodia, Cooper's dogweed - United States (California Nevada Arizona Utah)
  5. Adenophyllum glandulosum (Cav.) Strother - Oaxaca
  6. Adenophyllum porophylloides (A.Gray) Strother - San Felipe dogweed - Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, United States (California Nevada Arizona)
  7. Adenophyllum porophyllum (Cav.) Hemsl. - poreleaf dogweed - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, United States (Cochise County in Arizona)
  8. Adenophyllum speciosum (A.Gray) Strother - Baja California, Baja California Sur
  9. Adenophyllum squamosum (A.Gray) Strother - Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Colima
  10. Adenophyllum wrightii A.Gray - Wright's dogweed - Mexico, United States (Arizona New Mexico)

References

  1. ↑ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1807. Synopsis Plantarum 2: 458 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Adenophyllum Pers.
  3. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 237, Adenophyllum Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 458. 1807.
  4. ↑ "Adenophyllum". Global Compositae checklist. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  6. ↑ 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.

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