Dieteria

Dieteria
	Dieteria canescens var. canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Dieteria; Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
	Machaeranthera series Variabiles Cronquist & D.D.Keck; Machaeranthera subg. Dieteria (Nutt.) Greene; Aster subg. Hesperastrum (A.Gray) A.Gray;

Dieteria is a North American genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[2]

The genus Dieteria is closely related to Machaeranthera but distinguished by having entire to toothed leaves, whereas Machaeranthera has once or twice pinnate leaves.[3][4]

Species[5][6]

Dieteria bigelovii (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
Dieteria canescens (Pursh) Nutt. - most of western United States and western Canada; Chihuahua

formerly included[5][6]

Dieteria asteroides Torr. - now called Machaeranthera asteroides (Torr.) Greene - Chihuahua, Durango, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 300–302 in English
Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 39
Flora of North America Dieteria Nuttall
The Plant List search for Dieteria
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps

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[s-1] Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist

[2] Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 300–302 in English

[MDW-3] Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 39

[4] Flora of North America Dieteria Nuttall

[radius-5] The Plant List search for Dieteria

[ulna-6] Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps