Psilocarphus tenellus

Psilocarphus tenellus

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: Gnaphalieae
Subtribus: Gnaphaliinae
Genus: Psilocarphus
Species: Psilocarphus tenellus

Name

Psilocarphus tenellus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s. 7: 341. 1840.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Micropus tenellus (Nutt.) Walp. in Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 600 (1843)
• Heterotypic
  • Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Canada (British Columbia, California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Mexico State) 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. : 341

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Psilocarphus tenellus. Published online. Accessed: January 24 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Psilocarphus tenellus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Psilocarphus tenellus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Psilocarphus tenellus. 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 January 24. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: slender woollyheads

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