Pterocaulon

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Pterocaulon
Pterocaulon sphacelatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Inuleae[1]
Genus: Pterocaulon
Elliott
Type species
Conyza pycnostachya
(basionym of
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum)
Michx.
Synonyms[1]
  • Monenteles Labill.
  • Chlaenobolus Cass.

Pterocaulon is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to North and South America and to Australasia.[2][3]

The plants are perennial herbs, frequently densely covered with woolly hairs. The generic name means "winged stem," referring to the decurrent leaf bases that give the appearance of wings running down the sides of the stems.[4][5]

Species[1][6][7]
  1. Pterocaulon alopecuroides - South America, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
  2. Pterocaulon angustifolium - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  3. Pterocaulon balansae - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  4. Pterocaulon cordobense - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  5. Pterocaulon globuliflorus - Western Australia, Northern Territory
  6. Pterocaulon lanatum - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Salta
  7. Pterocaulon lorentzii - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia
  8. Pterocaulon niveum - Western Australia, Northern Territory
  9. Pterocaulon polypterum - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
  10. Pterocaulon polystachyum - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  11. Pterocaulon purpurascens - Mato Grosso, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia
  12. Pterocaulon pycnostachyum - USA (AL GA FL SC NC)
  13. Pterocaulon redolens - Indochina, Hainan, Orissa, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, eastern Australia
  14. Pterocaulon rugosum - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
  15. Pterocaulon serrulatum - Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia
  16. Pterocaulon sphacelatum - Australia
  17. Pterocaulon sphaeranthoides - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
  18. Pterocaulon spicatum - South America
  19. Pterocaulon verbascifolium - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
  20. Pterocaulon virgatum - Central + South America, West Indies, USA (TX LA)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Elliott, Stephen. Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia 2(4): 323–324. 1824 short descriptions in parallel English and Latin, longer descriptions in English
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Pterocaulon Elliott
  4. ↑ Flora of North America v 21 p 476, Pterocaulon Elliott
  5. ↑ Cabrera, A. L. and A. M. Ragonese. 1978. Revisión del género Pterocaulon (Compositae). Darwiniana 21: 185–257.
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Pterocaulon
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps