Amblyolepis

Amblyolepis
Amblyolepis setigera in Texas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Helenieae
Subtribe: Tetraneurinae
Genus: Amblyolepis
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Species:
A. setigera
Binomial name
Amblyolepis setigera
Synonyms[1]
  • Helenium Linnaeus section Amblyolepis (de Candolle) Bentham
  • Helenium setigerum (DC.) Britton & Rusby

Amblyolepis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1836.[2][3]

There is only one known species, Amblyolepis setigera, the Huisache daisy,[4] native to Texas[5] and northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila).[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Flora of North America Amblyolepis de Candolle
  2. ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 667–668 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Amblyolepis DC.
  4. ^ US Department of Agriculture plants profile
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  6. ^ Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
  7. ^ Bierner, M. W. 1990. Present status of Amblyolepis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Madroño 37: 133–140.


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