Amphiachyris

Genus of flowering plants

Amphiachyris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Gutiereziinae
Genus: Amphiachyris
(DC.) Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Brachyris sect. Amphiachyris DC.

Amphiachyris is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a species in 1840.[2][1][3]

Amphiachyris is endemic to the United States.[4]

Species[5][6]
  • Amphiachyris amoena (Shinners) Solbrig - Texas
  • Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt. - southern Great Plains, with a few scattered populations farther east

References

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Amphiachyris (DC.) Nutt.
  2. ^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 313 in English
  3. ^ Lane, M. A. 1979. Taxonomy of the genus Amphiachyris (Asteraceae: Astereae). Systematic Botany 4(2): 178–188.
  4. ^ Flora of North America, Amphiachyris (de Candolle) Nuttall
  5. ^ The Plant List, search for Amphiachyris
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Taxon identifiers
Amphiachyris
Brachyris sect. Amphiachyris


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