Nicolletia, common name hole-in-the-sand plant,[1][2] is a small genus of flowering plants in tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.[3][4][5][6]

Nicolletia
Nicolletia occidentalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae
Subtribe: Pectidinae
Genus: Nicolletia
A.Gray
Type species
Nicolletia occidentalis

The genus is named for explorer Jean Nicholas Nicollet, 1786–1843.[7]

Species[8][9][10]

References

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  1. ^ DesertUSA, Mojave Hole-in-the-Sand Plant
  2. ^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Edwards' Hole-in-the-sand Plant
  3. ^ Gray, Asa in Frémont, John Charles. 1845. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 page 315
  4. ^ Uniprot.org
  5. ^ Tropicos, Nicolletia A. Gray
  6. ^ Strother, J. L. 1978. Taxonomy and geography of Nicolletia (Compositae: Tageteae). Sida 7: 369–374.
  7. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 231 Nicolletia A. Gray in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts. 315. 1845.
  8. ^ "Nicolletia". Global Compositae Checklist.
  9. ^ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.
  10. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps