Acourtia
Desert-peonies | |
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Acourtia runcinata | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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Subfamily: | Mutisioideae
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Tribe: | Nassauvieae[1]
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Genus: | Acourtia |
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Acourtia is a genus of flowering plants which is part of the daisy family and was first described as a genus in 1830.[4][5][6] It includes desertpeonies, such as Acourtia nana (dwarf desertpeony) and Acourtia runcinata (featherleaf desertpeony).[7]
The genus name of Acourtia is in honour of Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs à Court-Repington (1792–1878), an English noblewoman with botanical interests, who married Charles Ashe à Court-Repington.[8]
Plants in this genus are native to the Southwestern United States (from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah to Texas) and Mesoamerica (in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico).[9][10] They are diverse in appearance. The flowers are usually white, pink, or purple.[3][11][12] Their flower heads are usually composed of only disc florets, though some are long and look like ray florets.
Accepted species[]
81 species (as of January 2022),[9]
References[]
- ^ "Genus Acourtia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "Genus: Acourtia D. Don". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1994-09-07. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ a b Flora of North America Vol. 19 Page 72, Acourtia D. Don
- ^ Don, David. 1830. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16(2): 203–204 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos, Acourtia D. Don
- ^ Reveal, J. L. and R. M. King. 1973. Re-establishment of Acourtia D. Don (Asteraceae). Phytologia 27: 228–232
- ^ Michael Eason Wildflowers of Texas (2018), p. 326, at Google Books
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Acourtia D.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2014. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F..
- ^ Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
External links[]
Media related to Acourtia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Acourtia at Wikispecies
- Nassauvieae
- Asteraceae genera
- Flora of North America
- Plants described in 1830
- Asteraceae stubs