Lorandersonia

rabbitbush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae[1]
Genus: Lorandersonia
Urbatsch, R.P. Roberts & Neubig[2]
Type species
Linosyris pulchella[3]
A.Gray

Lorandersonia, commonly called rabbitbush, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the sunflower family.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

The genus is named for American botanist Loran Crittenden Anderson of Florida State University.[3]

Species[1][3][9]
  1. Lorandersonia baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig - northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León) + Southwestern USA (Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado Utah)
  2. Lorandersonia linifolia (Greene) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig - Arizona New Mexico Colorado Utah Wyoming Montana
  3. Lorandersonia microcephala (Cronquist) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig - New Mexico (Taos + Rio Arriba Cos), southern Colorado
  4. Lorandersonia peirsonii (D.D.Keck) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig - Sierra Nevada in California (Inyo, Mono, Fresno Cos)
  5. Lorandersonia pulchella (A.Gray) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Texas New Mexico
  6. Lorandersonia salicina (S.F.Blake) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig - Nevada (Clark Co), Arizona (Mohave + Yavapai Cos)
  7. Lorandersonia spathulata (L.C.Anderson) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig - Texas New Mexico

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