Bigelowia

For the heterotypic genus Bigelowia Raf. 1817, see Stellaria.

Bigelowia
Bigelowia nuttallii
Black Warrior River, Blount County, Alabama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Gutiereziinae
Genus: Bigelowia
DC. 1836, not Raf. 1817
Synonyms[1]
  • Bigelovia spelling variation
  • Aciclinium Torr. & A.Gray
  • Chondrophora Raf. ex Porter & Britton
  • Chondrophora Raf.

Bigelowia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the United States.[2][3][4]

Bigelowia plants are subshrubs, often forming clumps. They have very small but numerous displays of small yellow flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.[5][6][7]

Species[8]

References

  1. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 329–330
  3. ^ Tropicos, Bigelowia DC.
  4. ^ UniProt. "Tribe Astereae". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Rayless-goldenrod, Bigelowia de Candolle
  6. ^ Loran C. Anderson. Studies on Bigelowia (Astereae, Compositae). I. Morphology and Taxonomy. Sida. 1970. 3:45–465.
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
  8. ^ The Plant List search for Bigelowia


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