Adenophyllum

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]

Dogweeds
Adenophyllum cooperi
Work of the US National Park Service
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

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]

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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