Psilocarphus tenellus

Psilocarphus tenellus

Taxonavigation

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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: Psilocarphus tenellus

Name

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

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Micropus tenellus (Nutt.) Walp. in Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 600 (1843)
  • Heterotypic
    • Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Canada (British Columbia, California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Mexico State)

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

References

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  • 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. : 341
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Vernacular names

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English: slender woollyheads
 
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