Uropappus

Silverpuffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae[1]
Subtribe: Microseridinae
Genus: Uropappus
Synonyms[1]
  • Microseris sect. Calocalais (DC.) A.Gray
  • Calais sect. Calocalais DC.

Uropappus, commonly called silverpuffs, is a genus of North American plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3][4] Some authors accept only one species, U. lindleyi, and separate Stebbinsoseris.[5]

Species[1][6]
  1. Uropappus kellogii Greene - CA AZ, Baja California
  2. Uropappus lindleyi (DC.) Nutt. - Canada (BC), United States (WA OR CA NV ID UT AZ NM TX SC)[7][8]
  3. Uropappus pruinosus Greene - NM
formerly included[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 424–425 in English
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Uropappus Nutt.
  4. ↑ http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1951 Jepson -U.
  5. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 322, Uropappus Nuttall
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Uropappus
  7. ↑ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Uropappus lindleyi". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  8. ↑ "Uropappus lindleyi". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
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