Acourtia

Acourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830. It includes desertpeonies, such as Acourtia nana (dwarf desertpeony) and Acourtia runcinata (featherleaf desertpeony).

Species

Genus

PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyCompositae

Native toArizona, Belize, California, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 101
With media: 51
Family: Asteraceae
Collections: FC-UNAM, FCB-BUAP, INECOL, IBUNAM, CIIDIR-IPN, FCN-UAQ
Recorded in: Mexico

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Asteraceae
Image: Acourtia runcinata.jpg

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taxon name: Acourtia
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Acourtia
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=116
topic's main category: Category:Acourtia
taxon common name: desert peony

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The genus name of Acourtia is in honour of Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs à Court-Repington (1792–1878), an English noblewoman with botanical interests, who married Charles Ashe à Court-Repington.

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