Squamopappus is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Squamopappus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Verbesininae
Genus: Squamopappus
R.K.Jansen, N.A.Harriman & Urbatsch
Species:
S. skutchii
Binomial name
Squamopappus skutchii
(S.F.Blake) R.K.Jansen, N.A.Harriman & Urbatsch
Synonyms[1]
  • Podachaenium skutchii (S.F.Blake) H.Rob.
  • Calea skutchii S.F. Blake

The only known species is Squamopappus skutchii native to Chiapas and Guatemala.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Squamopappus skutchii (S.F. Blake) R.K. Jansen, N.A. Harriman & Urbatsch
  2. ^ Jansen, Robert K., Harriman, Neil A., & Urbatsch, Lowell Edward. 1982. Squamopappus gen. nov. and redefinition of Podachaenium (Compositae: Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 7(4): 476–483
  3. ^ Tropicos, Squamopappus R.K. Jansen, N.A. Harriman & Urbatsch
  4. ^ 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