Amblyolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Helenieae
Subtribe: Tetraneurinae
Genus: Amblyolepis
DC.
Species:
A. setigera
Binomial name
Amblyolepis setigera
Synonyms[1]
  • Helenium Linnaeus section Amblyolepis (de Candolle) Bentham
  • Helenium setigerum (DC.) Britton & Rusby

Amblyolepis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1836.[2][3]

There is only one known species, Amblyolepis setigera, the Huisache daisy,[4] native to Texas[5] and northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila).[6][7]

References

  1. Flora of North America Amblyolepis de Candolle
  2. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 667–668 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Amblyolepis DC.
  4. US Department of Agriculture plants profile
  5. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  6. Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
  7. Bierner, M. W. 1990. Present status of Amblyolepis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Madroño 37: 133–140.


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