Plectocephalus

Plectocephalus americanus

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: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Plectocephalus
Species: P. americanus – P. atacamensis – P. bridgesii – P. bulbosus – P. cachinalensis – P. chilensis – P. dracaenoides – P. floccosus – P. formosus – P. gayanus – P. illapelinus – P. monocephalus – P. rothrockii – P. tweediei – P. varians

Name

Plectocephalus D.Don, Brit. Fl. Gard. [Sweet] 4: ad t. 51. (1830) emend. Penneckamp et al. (2020)

• Type species: Plectocephalus americanus (Nutt.) D.Don,

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Centaurea sect. Plectocephalus (D.Don) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6: 575. (1837)
• Heterotypic
  • Centaurodendron Johow, Fl. Juan Fernandez 63 (1896)
    
  • Yunquea Skottsb.

References

Primary references

• Don, D. in Sweet, R. 1830. The British flower garden: containing coloured figures & descriptions of the most ornamental & curious hardy herbaceous plants, ser. 2. 1: plate 51.
• Penneckamp, D., Chaura, R., Rojas, G. & Stuessy, T. 2020. Taxonomic notes on Plectocephalus (Centaurea sl, Centaureinae, Asteraceae) from Chile, including new combinations and synonyms. Phytotaxa 437(4): 227-236. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.437.4.4 PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hellwig, F.H. 2004. Centaureinae (Asteraceae) in the Mediterranean – history of ecogeographical radiation. Plant Systematics and Evolution 246(3–4): 137–162. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-004-0150-2 Reference page. 
• Johow, F. 1896. Estudios sobre la flora de las Islas de Juan Fernandez. 287 pp. Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Cervantes. BHL Reference page. : 63
• Susanna, A., Galbany-Casals, M., Romaschenko, K., Barres, L., Martín, J. & Garcia-Jacas, N. 2011. Lessons from Plectocephalus (Compositae, Cardueae-Centaureinae): ITS disorientation in annuals and Beringian dispersal as revealed by molecular analyses. Annals of Botany 108(2): 263–277. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr138 Reference page. 

Links

• eFloras 2008. Plectocephalus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Plectocephalus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Plectocephalus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Plectocephalus. Published online. Accessed: May 10 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Plectocephalus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 May 2018.

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