Cosmos sulphureus

Cosmos sulphureus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids II Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Coreopsideae
Genus: Cosmos
Sectio: C. sect. Cosmos
Species: Cosmos sulphureus

Name

Cosmos sulphureus Cav., 1791.

Typus: MEXICO: Chiapas: Sierra de Tonala. Purpus 6793 (holotypus: UC-172476).

Synonyms

Homotypic

• Bidens sulphurea (Cav.) Sch. Bip., Bot. Voy. Herald (Seemann) 7-8: 308. 1856.
• Cosmea sulphurea (Cav.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 (Willdenow) 3(3): 2250. 1803.
• Cosmos sulphureus var. typicus Sherff, Brittonia 6: 341. 1948, nom. inadmiss.

Heterotypic

• Coreopsis artemisiifolia Jacq., Icon. Pl. Rar. (Jacquin) 3: t.595. 1793.
• Coreopsis artemisiifolia Jacq., Coll. Suppl. 155. 1797, nom. superfl.
• Coreopsis artemisiifolia Sessé & Moc., Naturaleza (Mexico City) ser. 2, 1, app. 148. 1890, as artimisifolia, nom. superfl.
• Cosmos aurantiacus Klatt, Leopoldina 25: 105. 1889.
• Cosmos gracilis Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 88: 304. 1929.
• Cosmos sulphureus f. exaristatus Brandegee ex Sherff, Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 8(6): 411. 1932.
• Cosmos sulphureus var. exaristatus Sherff, Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 8(6): 411. 1932.
• Cosmos sulphureus var. hirsuticaulis Sherff, Amer. J. Bot. 24: 90. 1937.

References

• Cavanilles, A.J. 1791. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum, quae aut sponte... 1(3):56, t. 79.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cosmos sulphureus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.

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