Otopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, primarily Mesoamerican but with one species from Jamaica.[2][3][4]
| Otopappus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Subtribe: | Ecliptinae |
| Genus: | Otopappus Benth. |
| Type species | |
| Otopappus verbesinoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Otopappus acuminatus S.Watson – Jalisco
- Otopappus brevipes B.L.Rob. – from Chiapas to Nicaragua
- Otopappus calarcanus S.Díaz – Colombia
- Otopappus curviflorus (R.Br.) Hemsl. – from Veracruz to Nicaragua
- Otopappus epaleaceus Hemsl. – from Puebla to Guatemala
- Otopappus glabratus (J.M.Coult.) S.F.Blake – Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
- Otopappus guatemalensis (Urb.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy – Guatemala, Belize, Yucatán
- Otopappus hirsutus (Sw.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy – Jamaica
- Otopappus imbricatus (Sch.Bip.) S.F.Blake – Puebla, Morelos, Michoacán, Guerrero
- Otopappus koelzii McVaugh – Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco
- Otopappus mexicanus (Rzed.) H.Rob. – Guerrero, Oaxaca
- Otopappus microcephalus S.F.Blake – Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca
- Otopappus robustus Hemsl. – Veracruz
- Otopappus scaber S.F.Blake – Guatemala, Belize, Yucatán, Chiapas
- Otopappus syncephalus Donn.Sm. – Guatemala
- Otopappus tequilanus (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. – Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca
- Otopappus verbesinoides Benth. – from Oaxaca to Nicaragua
- formerly included[1]
Several species one included in Otopappus are now regarded as better suited to other genera: Lundellianthus Oblivia Verbesina
References
edit- ^ a b c "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ^ Bentham, George. 1873. Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita 2: 196, 380 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Otopappus Benth.
- ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
- ^ Hartman, R.L. & T. F. Stuessy. 1983. Revision of Otopappus (Compositae, Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 8(2): 185–210
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