Thymophylla

Thymophylla is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the marigold tribe within the sunflower family.[3][1][4] Pricklyleaf is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]

Thymophylla
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium
Scientific classification
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Thymophylla

Lag.[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Gnaphalopsis DC.
  • Hymenatherum sect. Heterochromea A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Aurantiacae Strother
  • Hymenatherum sect. Aciphyllaea (Willd.) A.Gray
  • Lowellia A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Hymenatherum (Cass.) Strother
  • Aciphyllaea (DC.) A.Gray
  • Hymenatherum sect. Gnaphalopsis (DC.) A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Gnaphalopsis (DC.) Strother
  • Dyssodia sect. Aciphyllaea DC.
Seeds of Thymophylla tenuiloba

The generic name is derived from the Greek words θύμον (thymon), meaning "thyme", and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf".[6]

Species[1][7][8][9]
formerly included[1]

see Adenophyllum

  • Thymophylla anomala - Adenophyllum anomalum
  • Thymophylla neomexicana - Adenophyllum wriightii

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. "Genus: Thymophylla Lag". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  3. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, Elench. Pl. 25
  4. Tropicos, Thymophylla Lag.
  5. "Thymophylla". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  6. Strother, John L. "324. Thymophylla Lagasca, Gen. Sp. Pl. 25. 1816". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  8. Strother, J. L. 1969. Systematics of Dyssodia Cavanilles (Compositae: Tageteae). University of California Publications in Botany 48: 1–88.
  9. 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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