Diaperia prolifera

Diaperia prolifera

Diaperia prolifera

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: Diaperia prolifera
Varietates: D. p. var. barnebyi – D. p. var. prolifera

Name

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

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Evax prolifera Nutt. ex DC., Prodr. 5: 459 (1836).
    • Typus: U.S.A. Oklahoma: Choclaw Co., Red River at Kiamichi River, prairies. June 1819. T. Nuttall s.n. (Holotype, G-DC; isotypes: BM, CGE, GH [2 specimens], K [2 specimens], NY, PH [2 specimens]).
• Homotypic
  • Filago prolifera (Nutt. ex DC.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 329 (1894), comb. illeg. non Pomel (1874)
  • Filago nuttallii Shinners, Sida 1: 253 (1964), nom. nov.

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: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi. 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. 2024. Diaperia prolifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Diaperia prolifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Diaperia prolifera. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Diaperia prolifera. Accessed: 19 Aug 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Diaperia prolifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: big-head rabbit-tobacco

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