Dieteria

Dieteria
Dieteria canescens var. canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Dieteria Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
Machaeranthera series Variabiles Cronquist & D.D.Keck Machaeranthera subg. Dieteria (Nutt.) Greene Aster subg. Hesperastrum (A.Gray) A.Gray

Dieteria is a North American genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.^[2]

The genus Dieteria is closely related to Machaeranthera but distinguished by having entire to toothed leaves, whereas Machaeranthera has once or twice pinnate leaves.^[3][4]

Species^[5][6]

• Dieteria bigelovii (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
• Dieteria canescens (Pursh) Nutt. - most of western United States and western Canada; Chihuahua

formerly included^[5][6]

• Dieteria asteroides Torr. - now called Machaeranthera asteroides (Torr.) Greene - Chihuahua, Durango, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado

References

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