Chrysothamnus

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Astereae
Subtribus: Solidagininae
Genus: Chrysothamnus
Species: C. depressus – C. eremobius – C. greenei – C. humilis – C. molestus – C. scopulorum – C. stylosus – C. vaseyi – C. viscidiflorus

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Chrysothamnus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 February 25. Reference page.

Name

Chrysothamnus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2, 7: 323 (1840).

• Type species: Chrysothamnus pumilus Nutt., typ. cons. (proposed by Reveal & Anderson, Taxon 44: 443–444 (1995); accepted by the Spermatophyta Committee, Taxon 47: 444 (1998) and the General Committee, Taxon 48: 375 (1999)).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Vanclevea Greene, Pittonia 4: 50 (1899).
  • Hesperodoria Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 173 (1906).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Nebraska, South Dakota. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Chrysothamnus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Chrysothamnus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Feb 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Chrysothamnus. Published online. Accessed: 26 Feb 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Chrysothamnus. Accessed: 26 Feb 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chrysothamnus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Rabbitbrush

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