Oxypappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.[3][4][5]

Oxypappus
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: Oxypappus
Benth.
Species:
O. scaber
Binomial name
Oxypappus scaber
Synonyms[2]

Chrysopsis scabra Hook. & Arn. 1841, illegitimate homonym not Elliott 1823[1]

The only known species is Oxypappus scaber, native to western Mexico from Sinaloa to Oaxaca.[2][6]

formerly included[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, search for Chrysopsis scabra
  2. ^ a b c "Oxypappus". Global Compositae Checklist. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  3. ^ Bentham, George. 1845. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur 118-119 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ^ Bentham, George. 1845. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, plate XLII (42) line drawing of Oxypappus scaber
  5. ^ Tropicos, Oxypappus Benth.
  6. ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria