Thymophylla is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.[3][2][4] Pricklyleaf is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]

Thymophylla
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium
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: Thymophylla
Lag.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gnaphalopsis DC.
  • Hymenatherum sect. Heterochromea A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Aurantiacae Strother
  • Hymenatherum sect. Aciphyllaea (Willd.) A.Gray
  • Lowellia A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Hymenatherum (Cass.) Strother
  • Aciphyllaea (DC.) A.Gray
  • Hymenatherum sect. Gnaphalopsis (DC.) A.Gray
  • Dyssodia sect. Gnaphalopsis (DC.) Strother
  • Dyssodia sect. Aciphyllaea DC.
Seeds of Thymophylla tenuiloba

The generic name is derived from the Greek words θύμον (thymon), meaning "thyme", and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf".[6]

Species[2][7][8][9]
formerly included[2]

see Adenophyllum

References edit

  1. ^ "Genus: Thymophylla Lag". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  2. ^ a b c d Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ^ Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, Elench. Pl. 25
  4. ^ Tropicos, Thymophylla Lag.
  5. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thymophylla". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  6. ^ Strother, John L. "324. Thymophylla Lagasca, Gen. Sp. Pl. 25. 1816". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  8. ^ Strother, J. L. 1969. Systematics of Dyssodia Cavanilles (Compositae: Tageteae). University of California Publications in Botany 48: 1–88.
  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

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