Biology:Enceliopsis

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Enceliopsis
Enceliopsis argophylla 1.jpg
Enceliopsis argophylla
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Enceliinae
Genus: Enceliopsis
(A. Gray) A. Nelson, 1909
Synonyms[1]
  • Helianthella section Enceliopsis A. Gray

Enceliopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are sometimes called sunrays. They are similar to the daisylike plants in the related genus Encelia. These three shrubs are native to the western United States and Canada.[1][2][3]

Species[4][5]
  • Enceliopsis argophylla - silverleaf sunray - Arizona (Mohave Co), Nevada (Clark Co), Utah (Washington Co)
  • Enceliopsis covillei - Panamint daisy - Inyo County in California
  • Enceliopsis nudicaulis - nakedstem sunray - California , Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2710487 entry