Lygodesmia
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| Lygodesmia grandiflora | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| Genus: | Lygodesmia D.Don
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| Type species | |
| Prenanthes juncea[2] Pursh
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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
- - AZ NM CO UT
- - AZ UT NV ID
- Lygodesmia doloresensis - CO UT
- - UT
- Lygodesmia grandiflora - AZ NM CO UT WY
- Lygodesmia juncea - widespread across western Canada + western United States
- - AZ TX Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora
- - TX OK NM Coahuila, Nuevo León
References[]
- ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ a b 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[]
Lygodesmia juncea
- 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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