Hymenothrix

thimbleheads
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Bahieae[1]
Genus: Hymenothrix
Gray
Synonyms[1]
  • Hutchinsonia M.E.Jones 1933, illegitimate homonym not Robyns 1928 (Rubiaceae)
  • Trichymenia Rydb.

Hymenothrix is a small genus of North American flowering plants in the daisy family known as thimbleheads. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[2]

These are spindly, erect annual, biennial, and perennial herbs with white or yellow flowers.[3]

Species[1][4][5]
  1. Hymenothrix glandulosa - Chihuahua
  2. Hymenothrix greenmanii - México State
  3. Hymenothrix loomisii - Loomis's thimblehead - CA NV AZ
  4. Hymenothrix palmeri - Chihuahua
  5. Hymenothrix wislizeni - Trans-Pecos thimblehead - Chihuahua, Sonora, AZ NM TX
  6. Hymenothrix wrightii - Wright's thimblehead - Chihuahua, Baja California, CA AZ NM TX
formerly included

Hymenothrix purpurea Brandegee - Florestina purpurea (Brandegee) Rydb.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Gray, Asa. 1849. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 4(1): 102 generic description in Latin, specific description and commentary in English
  3. ↑ Flora of North America Hymenothrix A. Gray
  4. ↑ The Plant List search for Hymenothrix
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps

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