Tonestus, common name serpentweed,[2] is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][2][4]

Tonestus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Solidagininae
Genus: Tonestus
A.Nelson
Synonyms[1]
  • Haplopappus sect. Tonestus (A.Nelson) H.M.Hall

The name is an anagram of the name of the related genus Stenotus.[3] Nestotus is similarly another anagram of the same name.[5]

Species[1][6]
formerly included[1]

now in Eurybia Lorandersonia Toiyabea Triniteurybia

  • Tonestus aberrans (A.Nelson) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - Triniteurybia aberrans
  • Tonestus alpinus (L.C.Anderson & Goodrich) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - Toiyabea alpina (L.C.Anderson & Goodrich) R.P.Roberts, Urbatsch & Neubig
  • Tonestus eximius (H.M.Hall) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. - Toiyabea eximia (H.M. Hall) Nesom
  • Tonestus graniticus (Tiehm & L.M.Shultz) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - Toiyabea granitica (Tiehm & Schultz) Nesom
  • Tonestus kingii (D.C.Eaton) G.L.Nesom - Eurybia kingii (D.C.Eaton) G.L.Nesom
  • Tonestus microcephalus (Cronquist) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - Lorandersonia microcephala (Cronquist) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig
  • Tonestus peirsonii (D.D.Keck) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - Toiyabea peirsonii (D.D. Keck) Nesom

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Compositae Working Group (CWG). "Tonestus A.Nelson". Global Compositae Database. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Flora of North America
  3. ^ a b Nelson, Aven. 1904. Botanical Gazette 37(4): 262 in English
  4. ^ Tropicos, Tonestus A. Nelson
  5. ^ Roberts, Roland P., Urbatsch, Lowell Edward, & Neubig, Kurt Maximilian. 2005. Sida 21(3): 1647-1655
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 range distribution maps