Herrickia

Herrickia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae[1]
Genus: Herrickia
Woot. & Standl. 1913
Synonyms[1]

Eurybia sect. Herrickia (Wooton & Standl.) G.L.Nesom

Herrickia is a North American genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, native to the western United States. All the species were included in Aster before molecular studies triggered the splitting of that genus into several distinct genera.[2]

Species[1][3]
  1. Herrickia glauca - Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
  2. Herrickia horrida - New Mexico, Colorado
  3. Herrickia kingii - Utah
  4. Herrickia wasatchensis - Arizona, Utah

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Herrickia. Flora of North America.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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