Lygodesmia
| Skeletonplant | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lygodesmia grandiflora | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae[1] |
| Genus: | Lygodesmia D.Don |
| Type species | |
| Prenanthes juncea[2] Pursh | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant,[3] is a genus of North American flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.[2][4]
The name derives from the Greek lygos, a pliant twig, and desme, a bundle, because of the fascicled twiggy or rush-like stems of the plants.[5]
- Lygodesmia aphylla - FL GA AL
- Lygodesmia arizonica - AZ NM CO UT
- Lygodesmia dianthopsis - AZ UT NV ID
- Lygodesmia doloresensis - CO UT
- Lygodesmia entrada - UT
- Lygodesmia grandiflora - AZ NM CO UT WY
- Lygodesmia juncea - widespread across western Canada + western USA
- Lygodesmia ramosissima - AZ TX Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora
- Lygodesmia texana - TX OK NM Coahuila, Nuevo León
References
- 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- 1 2 Don, David. 1829. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 6: 311 in Latin
- ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 369 Skeletonplant, Lygodesmia D. Don
- ↑ Tropicos, Lygodesmia D. Don
- ↑ Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre: Shinnersoseris rostrata, Plant Characterization Abstract.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
External links
- USDA Plants Profile: Lygodesmia
- Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
- Florida Plant Atlas
- Natural Medicinal Herbs, Skeleton Weed, Lygodesmia juncea
- Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Lygodesmia texana
- Minnesota Wildflowers, Lygodesmia juncea (Skeletonweed)
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