Wyethia

Wyethia
Wyethia helenioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subtribe: Engelmanniinae
Genus: Wyethia
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Alarconia DC.
  • Espeletia Nutt.
  • Melarhiza Kellogg

Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4] First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834.[5]

These plants are commonly referred to as mule's ears. They are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers.[6] The genus is named for an early explorer of the western United States, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856.[7]

Species

As accepted by Kew;[5] and Biota of North America Program;[8]

formerly included;[1]

Agnorhiza. Scabrethia and Vigethia

References

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1834. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(1): 39–40 description in Latin, commentary in English
  3. ^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1834. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(1): plate V (5) full-page line drawing of Wyethia helianthoides
  4. ^ Tropicos, Wyethia Nutt.
  5. ^ a b "Wyethia Nutt. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  6. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 100
  7. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  8. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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