Nicolletia

Hole-in-the-sand plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae[1]
Genus: Nicolletia
A.Gray
Type species
Nicolletia occidentalis
A.Gray

Nicolletia, common name hole-in-the-sand plant,[2][3] is a small genus of flowering plants in marigold tribe within the sunflower family.[4][5][6][7]

The genus is named for explorer Jean Nicholas Nicollet, 1786–1843.[8]

Species[1][9][10]
  1. Nicolletia edwardsii A.Gray - western Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas
  2. Nicolletia occidentalis A.Gray - Mojave hole-in-the-sand plant - Baja California, southern California
  3. Nicolletia trifida Rydb. - Baja California, Baja California Sur

References

  1. 1 2 "Nicolletia". Global Compositae Checklist.
  2. ↑ DesertUSA, Mojave Hole-in-the-Sand Plant
  3. ↑ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Edwards' Hole-in-the-sand Plant
  4. ↑ Gray, Asa in Frémont, John Charles. 1845. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 page 315
  5. ↑ Uniprot.org
  6. ↑ Tropicos, Nicolletia A. Gray
  7. ↑ Strother, J. L. 1978. Taxonomy and geography of Nicolletia (Compositae: Tageteae). Sida 7: 369–374.
  8. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 231 Nicolletia A. Gray in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts. 315. 1845.
  9. ↑ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.
  10. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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