Psilocarphus brevissimus

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: Gnaphalieae
Subtribus: Gnaphaliinae
Genus: Psilocarphus
Species: P. brevissimus – P. chilensis – P. elatior – P. oregonus – P. tenellus

Source(s) of checklist: 

Name edit

Psilocarphus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s. 7: 340–341. 1840.

  • Type species: Micropus globifer Bertero ex DC. Annotation: Pfeiffer, Nom. 2: 857. 1874

Synonyms edit

  • Bezanilla J.Rémy

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan

}*Regional: Western USA

      • California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
    • Regional: Mexicoi
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina South, Chile Central

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. : 340–341

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Vernacular names edit

English: woolly marbles, woollyheads
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