Hedosyne is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Hedosyne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Hedosyne
Strother
Species:
H. ambrosiifolia
Binomial name
Hedosyne ambrosiifolia
(A.Gray) Strother
Synonyms[1]
  • Iva ambrosiifolia var. lobata (Rydb.) B.L.Turner
  • Cyclachaena ambrosiaefolia (A.Gray)
  • Cyclachaena lobata Rydb.
  • Cyclachaena ambrosiifolia (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Iva ambrosiifolia subsp. lobata (Rydb.) R.C.Jacks.
  • Cyclachaena ambrosiifolia (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Rydb.
  • Iva ambrosiifolia (A.Gray) A.Gray

There is only one known species, Hedosyne ambrosiifolia, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas, New Mexico, western Texas, southern Arizona.[1][4][5][6] The species is sometimes referred to by the common name ragged marsh-elder.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Strother, John Lance. 2001. Madroño 47(3): 204–205
  3. ^ Tropicos, Hedosyne Strother
  4. ^ Flora of North America, Hedosyne ambrosiifolia (A. Gray) Strother, Madroño. 47: 204. 2001.
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  6. ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.
  7. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hedosyne ambrosiifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 May 2015.