Croptilon

Croptilon is a small North American genus of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family.[3][2]

Species

Croptilon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Croptilon Raf.
Synonyms[1][2]
Haplopappus sect. Isopappus (Torr. & A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. Isopappus Torr. & A.Gray

Croptilon is native to the southeastern and south-central United States as well as northeastern Mexico.[4][1][5]

• Croptilon divaricatum (Nutt.) Raf. - south-central + southeastern USA
• Croptilon hookerianum (Torr. & A.Gray) House - south-central USA
• Croptilon rigidifolium (E.B.Sm.) E.B.Sm. - Texas, Nuevo León

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. Flora of North America, Croptilon Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 47. 1837.
3. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 47. mix of Latin and English
4. The Plant List search for Croptilon
5. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps