Heterotheca grandiflora

Heterotheca grandiflora

Taxonavigation edit

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: Chrysopsidinae
Genus: Heterotheca
Species: Heterotheca grandiflora

Name edit

Heterotheca grandiflora Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2, 7: 315 (1840).

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Heterotheca floribunda Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 24 (1844).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

  • 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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Silk-grass goldenaster
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