Agnorhiza

Agnorhiza
Agnorhiza reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Agnorhiza
(Jeps.) W.A.Weber
Synonyms[1]
  • Balsamorhiza sect. Agnorhiza Jeps.
  • Wyethia sect. Agnorhiza (Jeps.) W.A. Weber

Agnorhiza is a small genus of flowering plants in the aster family described as a genus in 1998.[2][1] Its species had previously been considered members of either Wyethia or Balsamorhiza.[3] The plants are native to California, with the range of one species (A. ovata) extending into northern Mexico. They are perennial herbs with sunflower-like flower heads 1 to 4 centimeters wide.

Species[4][5]
  1. Agnorhiza bolanderi - Bolander's mule's ears
  2. Agnorhiza elata - Hall's mule's ears
  3. Agnorhiza invenusta - Coville's mule's ears
  4. Agnorhiza ovata - southern mule's ears
  5. Agnorhiza reticulata - El Dorado mule's ears

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Agnorhiza (Jeps.) W.A. Weber
  2. ↑ Weber, William Alfred. 1998. New names and combinations in Asteraceae: Heliantheae-Ecliptinae. Phytologia 85:(1):19-21.
  3. ↑ Flora of North America
  4. ↑ The Plant List search for Agnorhiza
  5. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist

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