Squamopappus

Squamopappus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Squamopappus
R.K.Jansen, N.A.Harriman & Urbatsch
Binomial name
Squamopappus skutchii
(S.F.Blake) R.K.Jansen, N.A.Harriman & Urbatsch
Synonyms[2]
  • Podachaenium skutchii (S.F.Blake) H.Rob.
  • Calea skutchii S.F. Blake

Squamopappus is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family.[3][4]

Species

The only known species is Squamopappus skutchii, native to Chiapas and Guatemala.[2][5]

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Squamopappus skutchii (S.F. Blake) R.K. Jansen, N.A. Harriman & Urbatsch
  3. Jansen, Robert K., Harriman, Neil A., & Urbatsch, Lowell Edward. 1982. Squamopappus gen. nov. and redefinition of Podachaenium (Compositae: Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 7(4): 476–483
  4. Tropicos, Squamopappus R.K. Jansen, N.A. Harriman & Urbatsch
  5. Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco