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Otopappus

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Otopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, primarily Mesoamerican but with one species from Jamaica.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Observations recorded2,963

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
51
With media
31
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
INECOL, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, FESI-UNAM, IBUNAM, BAYLU, UCR
Recorded in
Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize

Wikidata facts

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Parent taxon
Asteraceae
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taxon name
Otopappus
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Category:Otopappus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Otopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, primarily Mesoamerican but with one species from Jamaica. Species Otopappus acuminatus S.Watson – Jalisco Otopappus brevipes B.L.Rob. – from Chiapas to Nicaragua Otopappus calarcanus S.Díaz – Colombia Otopappus curviflorus (R.Br.) Hemsl. – from Veracruz to Nicaragua Otopappus epaleaceus Hemsl. – from Puebla to Guatemala Otopappus glabratus (J.M.Coult.) S.F.Blake – Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador Otopappus guatemalensis (Urb.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy – Guatemala, Belize, Yucatán Otopappus hirsutus (Sw.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy – Jamaica Otopappus imbricatus (Sch.Bip.) S.F.Blake – Puebla, Morelos, Michoacán, Guerrero Otopappus koelzii McVaugh – Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco Otopappus mexicanus (Rzed.) H.Rob. – Guerrero, Oaxaca Otopappus microcephalus S.F.Blake – Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca Otopappus robustus Hemsl. – Veracruz Otopappus scaber S.F.Blake – Guatemala, Belize, Yucatán, Chiapas Otopappus syncephalus Donn.Sm. – Guatemala Otopappus tequilanus (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. – Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca Otopappus verbesinoides Benth. – from Oaxaca to Nicaragua formerly included Several species one included in Otopappus are now regarded as better suited to other genera: Lundellianthus Oblivia Verbesina

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otopappus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.