Amblyolepis

Amblyolepis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1836.[3][4]

Huisache daisy[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Helenieae
Genus:
Amblyolepis

Species:
A. setigera
Binomial name
Amblyolepis setigera
Synonyms[2]
  • Helenium Linnaeus section Amblyolepis (de Candolle) Bentham
  • Helenium setigerum (DC.) Britton & Rusby

There is only one known species, Amblyolepis setigera, native to Texas[5] and northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila).[6][7]

References
  1. US Department of Agriculture plants profile
  2. Flora of North America Amblyolepis de Candolle
  3. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 667–668 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Amblyolepis DC.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  6. Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
  7. Bierner, M. W. 1990. Present status of Amblyolepis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Madroño 37: 133–140.


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