Heliomeris
| Heliomeris | |
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| Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Heliomeris Nutt. |
| Species | |
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Heliomeris is a small genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family known generally as false goldeneyes. These are annual and perennial herbs producing sunflower-like radiate flower heads. They are distinguished from related genera by the achenes, which are glabrous and lack a pappus, and by the involucre, which consists of only 2 series of bracts. They are native to western North America, and some species extend into northern Mexico. One species, H. obscura, is disjunct and endemic to a remote area on the border between the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca [1]
Species include:
- Heliomeris hispida - rough false goldeneye, hairy goldeneye
- Heliomeris longifolia - longleaf false goldeneye
- Heliomeris multiflora - showy goldeneye
- Heliomeris obscura - no common name
- Heliomeris soliceps - tropical false goldeneye, paria sunflower
References
- ^ Yates, W. F., Jr. and C. B. Heiser Jr. 1979. Synopsis of Heliomeris (Compositae). Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 88: 364-372.
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