Biology:Calyptocarpus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Calyptocarpus
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Calyptocarpus vialis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Calyptocarpus
Less.[1]
Type species
Calyptocarpus vialis
Less.
Synonyms[2]
  • Calyptrocarpus Rchb. 1841 not Less. 1832
  • Oligogyne DC.

Calyptocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4]

The name is derived from the Greek kalypto ("covered or hidden") and karpos ("fruit").[1] Species are distributed in the southern United States and Latin America.[1]

These are perennial herbs with decumbent to prostrate stems up to 30 centimeters long. The oppositely arranged leaves have blades of various shapes with toothed edges. Flower heads are solitary in the leaf axils. Each has 3 to 8 light yellow ray florets and several yellow disc florets. The fruit is a flat cypsela with a pappus of 2 or more awns.[1]

There are 2[1][5] to 6[6] species accepted in the genus.

Species[2][5]
  • Calyptocarpus biaristatus - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
  • Calyptocarpus burchellii - southeastern Brazil
  • Calyptocarpus vialis – straggler daisy, horseherb, hierba del caballo, lawnflower,[7] creeping Cinderella-weed[8] - Texas, Louisiana, Central America, Venezuela; naturalized in Taiwan, Australia, Hawaii, parts of United States
  • Calyptocarpus wendlandii - Central America, southern Mexico

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5024691 entry