Amblyolepis

huisache daisy[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Helenieae
Genus: Amblyolepis
DC.
Binomial name
Amblyolepis setigera
DC.
Synonyms[2]
  • Helenium Linnaeus section Amblyolepis (de Candolle) Bentham
  • Helenium setigerum (DC.) Britton & Rusby

Amblyolepis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1836.[3][4]

There is only one known species, Amblyolepis setigera, native to Texas[5] and northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila).[6][7]

References

  1. US Department of Agriculture plants profile
  2. Flora of North America Amblyolepis de Candolle
  3. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 667–668 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Amblyolepis DC.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  6. Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
  7. Bierner, M. W. 1990. Present status of Amblyolepis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Madroño 37: 133–140.