Ratibida

Prairie Coneflowers
Ratibida columnifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Ratibida
Raf.[2]
Type species
Ratibida sulcata
Raf.
Synonyms[3]
  • Lepachys Raf.
  • Obeliscaria sect. Ratibida (Raf.) DC.
  • Obeliscaria sect. Lepachys (Raf.) DC.
  • Obelisteca Raf.
  • Obeliscaria Cass.

Ratibida is a genus of North American plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family.[4][2] Members of the genus are commonly known as Prairie Coneflowers.[5][6][7]

Species[3][8][9]
  1. Ratibida coahuilensis B.L.Turner - Coahuila
  2. Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl. – Upright Prairie Coneflower - widespread in Canada, USA, and northeastern Mexico
  3. Ratibida latipalearis E.L.Richards - Chihuahua
  4. Ratibida mexicana (S.Watson) W.M.Sharp - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora
  5. Ratibida peduncularis (Torr. & A.Gray) Barnhart – Naked Prairie Coneflower - Louisiana, Texas
  6. Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart – Pinnate Prairie Coneflower - Ontario, eastern + central USA (primarily Great Lakes + Mississippi Valley)
  7. Ratibida tagetes (E.James) Barnhart – Short-ray Prairie Coneflower - Chihuahua, USA (desert southwest, western Great Plains)

References

  1. "Genus Ratibida". Taxonomy. Uniprot. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Genus: Ratibida Raf.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1817. Florula Ludoviciana, page 73
  5. "Ratibida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  6. Tripicos, Ratibida Raf.
  7. Richards, E. L. 1968. A monograph of the genus Ratibida. Rhodora 70: 348–393.
  8. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  9. "GRIN Species Records of Ratibida". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-10.

External links

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