Xylorhiza

Xylorhiza tortifolia

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: Astereae
Subtribus: Machaerantherinae
Genus: Xylorhiza
Species: X. cognata – X. confertifolia – X. cronquistii – X. frutescens – X. glabriuscula – X. linearifolia – X.  orcuttii – X. tortifolia – X. venusta – X. wrightii

Name

Xylorhiza Nutt., 1840

Homonyms

• Xylorhiza Salisb. (1866) = Allium

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming Regional: Southwestern USA California Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest 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. : 7: 297

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Xylorhiza. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 18 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Xylorhiza in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec. 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Xylorhiza. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Dec. 2017.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Xylorhiza. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec 18. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Woodyaster

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