Heliomeris is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae,[2][3] known generally as false goldeneyes.[4]
| Heliomeris | |
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| Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Subtribe: | Helianthinae |
| Genus: | Heliomeris Nutt. 1848 |
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They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico. One species, H. obscura, is separated from the others, endemic to a remote area on the border between the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca.[5]
These are annual and perennial herbs producing sunflower-like radiate flower heads. They are distinguished from related genera by the achenes, which are glabrous and lack a pappus, and by the involucre, which consists of only 2 series of bracts.[4]
Botanists Schilling & Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclear ITS, ETS, and cpDNA, coming to a conclusion that that the genus Viguiera Kunth, did not constitute a monophyletic group. Among their conclusions they proposed to reclassify the genus, dividing and relocating its species in at least other nine genera: Aldama La Llave, Bahiopsis Kellogg, Calanticaria (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) E.E. Schill. & Panero, Davilanthus E.E. Schill. & Panero, Dendroviguiera E.E. Schill. & Panero, Gonzalezia E.E. Schill. & Panero, Heiseria E.E. Schill. & Panero, Heliomeris Nutt., Hymenostephium Benth., Sidneya E.E. Schill. & Panero and Viguiera Kunth.[6][7]
Species
edit- Heliomeris hispida - rough false goldeneye, hairy goldeneye - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah
- Heliomeris longifolia - longleaf false goldeneye - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí, Michoacán, Chiapas, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada
- Heliomeris multiflora - showy goldeneye - from San Luis Potosí + southern California to Montana
- Heliomeris obscura - Puebla, Oaxaca
- Heliomeris soliceps - tropical false goldeneye, paria sunflower - Kane County in Utah
References
edit- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1848. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1): 19 (entirely in English)
- ^ Tropicos, Heliomeris Nutt.
- ^ a b Flora North America, Heliomeris Nutt.
- ^ Yates, W. F., Jr. and C. B. Heiser Jr. 1979. Synopsis of Heliomeris (Compositae). Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 88: 364-372.
- ^ Schilling, E.E.; Panero, J.L. (2002). "A revised classification of subtribe Helianthinae (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) I. Basal lineages". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 140: 65–76. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00079.x.
- ^ Schilling, Edward E.; Panero, Jose L. (November 2011). "A revised classification of subtribe Helianthinae (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) II. Derived lineages". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (3): 311–331. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01172.x.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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