Pityopsis falcata

Pityopsis falcata

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: Chrysopsidinae
Genus: Pityopsis
Species: Pityopsis falcata

Name

Pityopsis falcata (Pursh) Nutt., 1840

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Chrysopsis falcata Elliott in Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 336 (1823)
  • Diplogon falcatum (Pursh) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 334 (1891)
  • Heterotheca falcata (Pursh) V.L.Harms in Castanea 34: 408 (1969)
  • Inula falcata Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 532 (1813)
  • Inula mariana var. falcata Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 151 (1818)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern U.S.A. USA (Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Isl) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Pityopsis falcata. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 10 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Pityopsis falcata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec. 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Pityopsis falcata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec. 2017.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Pityopsis falcata. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec 10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: sickleleaf silkgrass

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