Heterosperma pinnatum, the wingpetal,[4] is a New World species of plants in the sunflower family. It has a discontinuous distribution in North and South America, having been found in Bolivia,[5] Venezuela,[6] Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and the south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, southern Colorado),[7][8][9]

Heterosperma pinnatum

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Heterosperma
Species:
H. pinnatum
Binomial name
Heterosperma pinnatum
Cav. 1796
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Heterosperma pinnata Cav.
  • Heterosperma tagetinum A.Gray

References edit

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ Tropicos, Heterosperma pinnatum Cav.
  3. ^ The Plant List, Heterosperma pinnatum Cav.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Heterosperma pinnatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ Foster, R. C. 1958. A catalogue of the ferns and flowering plants of Bolivia. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 184: 1–223
  6. ^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  7. ^ Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
  8. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  9. ^ Flora of North America, Heterosperma pinnatum Cavanilles, Icon. 3: 34. 1795.

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