Simsia calva

Simsia calva

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: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Helianthinae
Genus: Simsia
Species: Simsia calva

Name

Simsia calva (A.Gray & Engelm.) A.Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. vi. (1850) 228 1850.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Barrattia calva A.Gray & Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1: 48 (1846)
  • Encelia calva (A.Gray & Engelm.) A.Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 658 (1873)
• Heterotypic
  • Encelia subaristata (A.Gray) A.Gray ex Hemsl. in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 185 (1881)
  • Simsia calva var. subaristata (A.Gray) S.F.Blake in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 49: 379 (1913)
  • Simsia subaristata A.Gray in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 4(1): 84 (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Simsia calva Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA USA (New Mexico, Texas) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• A.Gray, 1850. Boston Journal of Natural History. Boston, MA 6:228.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Simsia calva. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 09 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Simsia calva in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Simsia calva. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Simsia calva. 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 Feb. 09. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Simsia calva in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: awnless bushsunflower

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