Shinnersoseris

Beaked skeleton-weed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Microseridinae
Genus: Shinnersoseris
Tomb
Binomial name
Shinnersoseris rostrata
(A.Gray) Tomb
Synonyms[1]
  • Lygodesmia juncea var. rostrata A.Gray
  • Lygodesmia rostrata (A.Gray) A.Gray

Shinnersoseris is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion family.[2][3]

There is only one known species, Shinnersoseris rostrata, with the common name beaked skeletonweed.[4] It is native to the Great Plains of central North America (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, United States (ND SD MN IA NE KS OK TX CO WY UT)).[5][6]

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-21 at Archive.is
  2. Tomb, Andrew Spencer. 1974. Sida 5(3): 186-189 genus description in Latin, species description in English; three pages of illustrations showing habit, pollen, and distribution
  3. Tropicos, Shinnersoseris rostrata (A. Gray) Tomb
  4. "Shinnersoseris rostrata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. Flora of North America, Beaked skeleton-weed, Shinnersoseris Tomb, Sida. 5: 186, figs. 1–3. 1974.
  6. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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