Erigeron caespitosus

Erigeron caespitosus

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: Conyzinae
Genus: Erigeron
Sectio: E. sect. Pseuderigeron
Species: Erigeron caespitosus

Name

Erigeron caespitosus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 307 (1840).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Diplopappus canescens Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 21 (1834)
  • Diplopappus grandiflorus Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 21 (1834)
  • Erigeron caespitosus var. grandiflorus (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 179 (1841)
  • Erigeron caespitosus var. laccoliticus M.E.Jones in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 696 (1895)
  • Erigeron canescens (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 179 (1841), nom. illeg.
  • Erigeron subcanescens Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 294 (1897)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Alaska, USA (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Erigeron caespitosus. Published online. Accessed: Sep 22 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Erigeron caespitosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sep 22. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2017. Erigeron caespitosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Sep 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Erigeron caespitosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: tufted fleabane

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