Gutierrezia microcephala

Gutierrezia microcephala

Gutierrezia microcephala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Astereae
Subtribus: Gutierreziinae
Genus: Gutierrezia
Species: Gutierrezia microcephala

Name

Gutierrezia microcephala (DC.) A.Gray, 1849

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Brachyris microcephala DC. in Prodr. 5: 313 (1836)
  • Gutierrezia sarothrae var. microcephala (DC.) L.D.Benson in Amer. J. Bot. 30: 631 (1943)
• Heterotypic
  • Gutierrezia euthamiae var. microcephala A.Gray in Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 115 (1884)
  • Gutierrezia glomerella Greene in Pittonia 4: 54 (1899)
  • Gutierrezia linoides Greene in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 22 (1909)
  • Gutierrezia lucida Greene in Fl. Francisc.: 361 (1897)
  • Xanthocephalum lucidum Greene in Pittonia 2: 282 (1892)
  • Xanthocephalum microcephalum (DC.) Shinners in Field & Lab. 18: 29 (1950)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Gray, A. 1849. Plantae Fendlerianae Novi-Mexicanae: an account of a collection of plants made chiefly in the vicinity of Santa Fé, New Mexico, by Augustus Fendler; with Descriptions of the New Species, Critical Remarks and Characters of other undescribed or little known Plants from surrounding Regions. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 4(1): 1–116. BHL Reference page. : 4:74.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Gutierrezia microcephala. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Gutierrezia microcephala. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 19 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Gutierrezia microcephala in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Gutierrezia microcephala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Mar. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gutierrezia microcephala in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Small-head snakeweed

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