Sartwellia

Sartwellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Tageteae
Genus: Sartwellia
A.Gray
Type species
Sartwellia flaveriae
A.Gray

Sartwellia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the marigold tribe within the daisy family.[1][2][3][4][5] Common name is glowwort.[6]

The genus was named for American botanist Henry Parker Sartwell.[1]

Species[7]
  1. Sartwellia flaveriae A.Gray - Chihuahua, New Mexico, western Texas[8]
  2. Sartwellia gypsophila A.M.Powell & B.L.Turner - Chihuahua
  3. Sartwellia humilis I.M.Johnst. - Coahuila, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí
  4. Sartwellia mexicana A.Gray - Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora

References

  1. 1 2 Gray, Asa, 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 122–123 in English + Latin
  2. ↑ Gray, Asa, 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): plate 6 line drawing of Sartwellia flaveriae
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Sartwellia A. Gray
  4. ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico D.F..
  5. ↑ Flora of North America
  6. ↑ "Sartwellia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Sartwellia
  8. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
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