Dysodiopsis

Dysodiopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae
Genus: Dysodiopsis
(A.Gray) Rydb. 1915
Binomial name
Dysodiopsis tagetoides
(Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Dysodiopsis A.Gray
  • Hymenatherum sect. Dysodiopsis A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Dysodiopsis (A.Gray) Strother
  • Dyssodia tagetoides Torr. & A.Gray
  • Hymenatherum tagetoides (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Thymophylla tagetoides (Torr. & A.Gray) Small

Dysodiopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[1][3][4][5]

There is only one known species, Dysodiopsis tagetoides (false dogfennel), native to Texas, Oklahoma.[6]


Dysodiopsis tagetoides is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (6 feet) tall. The plant produces flower heads one at a time or in loose arrays, each head containing as many as 12 yellow ray florets and up to 40 dull yellow disc florets.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Dysodiopsis (A. Gray) Rydb.
  2. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Dysodiopsis A.Gray
  3. ↑ Rydberg, Per Axel. 1915. North American Flora 34(2): 170-171 in English
  4. ↑ Uniprot.org
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Dysodiopsis tagetoides (Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb.
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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