Enceliopsis

sunrays
Enceliopsis argophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Enceliopsis
(A. Gray) A. Nelson, 1909
Synonyms[1]

Helianthella section Enceliopsis A. Gray

Enceliopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. They are sometimes called sunrays. They are similar to the daisylike plants in the related genus Encelia. These three shrubs are native to the western United States and Canada.[1][2][3]

Species[4][5]
  1. Enceliopsis argophylla - silverleaf sunray - Arizona (Mohave Co), Nevada (Clark Co), Utah (Washington Co)
  2. Enceliopsis covillei - Panamint daisy - Inyo County in California
  3. Enceliopsis nudicaulis - nakedstem sunray - California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho

References

  1. 1 2 Nelson, Aven. 1909. Botanical Gazette 47(6): 432–434 in English
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Enceliopsis A. Nelson
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Enceliopsis A. Nelson, Bot. Gaz. 47: 432. 1909.
  4. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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