Diaperia

Diaperia verna

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: Gnaphalieae
Subtribus: Gnaphaliinae
Genus: Diaperia
Species: D. candida – D. prolifera – D. verna

Name

Diaperia Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 337 (1840).

• Typus: Evax prolifera Nutt. ex DC.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Evax sect. Diaperia (Nutt.) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 229 (1884).
• Heterotypic
  • Calymmandra Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 262 (1842).
    • Typus: Calymmandra candida Torr. & A.Gray
    • Evax sect. Calymmandra (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 229 (1884).
  • Filaginopsis Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 263 (1842).
    • Typus: Evax multicaulis DC. (lectotype, designated by Pfeiffer, 1874: 1347).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Montana, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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. 

Additional references

• Morefield, J.D. 2004. New Taxa and Names in North American Ancistrocarphus, Diaperia, and Logfia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae: Filagininae) and Related Taxa. Novon 14(4): 463–475. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Diaperia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Diaperia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 21 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Diaperia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Sep 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Diaperia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: rabbit's tobacco

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