Biology:Acourtia
| Acourtia | |
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| Acourtia runcinata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Mutisioideae |
| Tribe: | Nassauvieae |
| Genus: | Acourtia D.Don[1] |
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Acourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830.[3][4][5] It includes desertpeonies, such as Acourtia nana (dwarf desertpeony) and Acourtia runcinata (featherleaf desertpeony).[6]
The genus name of Acourtia is in honour of Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs à Court-Repington (1792–1878), an English noblewoman with botanical interests, who married Charles Ashe à Court-Repington.[7]
Plants in this genus are native to the Southwestern United States (from Arizona, California , Nevada, New Mexico, Utah to Texas ) and Mesoamerica (in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico).[8][9] They are diverse in appearance. The flowers are usually white, pink, or purple.[2][10][11] Their flower heads are usually composed of only disc florets, though some are long and look like ray florets.
Accepted species
81 species (as of January 2022),[8]
References
- ↑ "Genus: Acourtia D. Don". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1994-09-07. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?116. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America Vol. 19 Page 72, Acourtia D. Don
- ↑ Don, David. 1830. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16(2): 203–204 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Acourtia D. Don
- ↑ Reveal, J. L. and R. M. King. 1973. Re-establishment of Acourtia D. Don (Asteraceae). Phytologia 27: 228–232
- ↑ Michael Eason Wildflowers of Texas (2018), p. 326, at Google Books
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Acourtia D.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30006216-2.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2014. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
- ↑ Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4674609 entry
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