Biology:Malacothrix (plant)
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Malacothrix | |
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| Malacothrix saxatilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
| Genus: | Malacothrix DC. |
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Malacothrix is a genus of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3] They are known generally as desert dandelions or desertdandelions. Most are native to western North America although a few have been introduced to South America. Several are found only on offshore islands in the Pacific.[4]
Phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that Malacothrix is not monophyletic. Some of its species are related to Atrichoseris, whereas a second group is more closely related to Anisocoma and Calycoseris.[5]
- Species[1]
- Malacothrix californica - California desertdandelion - California Baja California, Baja California Sur
- Malacothrix clevelandii - Cleveland's desertdandelion - California AZ UT Baja California
- Malacothrix coulteri - snake's head - California NV AZ UT NM Baja California
- Malacothrix fendleri - Fendler's desertdandelion - AZ NM Texas Sonora
- Malacothrix floccifera - woolly desertdandelion - California NV
- Malacothrix foliosa - leafy desertdandelion - San Clemente Island
- Malacothrix glabrata - smooth desertdandelion - California NV AZ NM ID OR Baja California, Baja California Sur
- Malacothrix incana - dunedelion - California
- Malacothrix indecora - Santa Cruz Island desert-dandelion - Santa Cruz Island
- Malacothrix insularis - island desertdandelion - Coronados Island in Baja California
- Malacothrix junakii - Junak's desertdandelion - Anacapa Island
- Malacothrix phaeocarpa - Davis' desertdandelion - California
- Malacothrix saxatilis - cliff desertdandelion - California
- Malacothrix similis - twin desertdandelion - California Baja California
- Malacothrix sonchoides - sowthistle desertdandelion - OR ID WY CO NM AZ UT NV California
- Malacothrix sonorae - Sonoran desertdandelion - Sonora AZ NM Texas
- Malacothrix squalida - Santa Cruz desertdandelion - Santa Cruz Island
- Malacothrix stebbinsii - Stebbins' desertdandelion - OR California NV AZ NM UT Sonora
- Malacothrix torreyi - Torrey's desertdandelion - California NV AZ NM UT CO WY ID MT OR
- Malacothrix xanthi - Baja California, Baja California Sur
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(1): 192
- ↑ Tropicos, Malacothrix DC.
- ↑ Malacothrix. Flora of North America.
- ↑ Lee, J., et al. (2003). Phylogenetic relationships among the primarily North American genera of Cichorieae (Compositae) based on analysis of 18S-26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences. Systematic Botany 28(3), 616-26. JSTOR 25063901
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2742139 entry
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