Stephanomeria

Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce,[4] belonging to the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.[5][6]

wirelettuce
Stephanomeria virgata
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Stephanomeria

Type species
Stephanomeria minor[1]
(syn of S. tenuifolia)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Hemiptilium A.Gray
  • Ptiloria Raf.

Stephanomeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia scarletina, which feeds exclusively on the genus.

Annual species[3][7][8]
Perennial species[3][7][10]
formerly included

see Chaetadelpha Microseris Munzothamnus Pleiacanthus Prenanthella

  • Stephanomeria blairii - Munzothamnus blairii
  • Stephanomeria intermedia - Microseris nutans
  • Stephanomeria minima - Prenanthella exigua
  • Stephanomeria spinosa - Pleiacanthus spinosus
  • Stephanomeria wheeleri - Chaetadelpha wheeleri

References

  1. Tropicos, Stephanomeria Nutt.
  2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Stephanomeria minor (Hook.) Nutt.
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Stephanomeria
  4. "Stephanomeria". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 427–428 in English
  6. Lee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; Phylogeny of Stephanomeria and related genera (compositae-lactuceae) bed on analysis of 18S-26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences; American Journal of Botany. 2002; 89:160-168
  7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  8. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F..
  9. Gallez G.P.L.D., Gottlieb 1982 Genetic evidence for the hybrid origin of the diploid plant Stephanomeria diegensis. Evolution 36: 1158-1167
  10. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México.


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