Nothocalais is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2] There are known generally as false dandelions or false agoseris.[3]
| Nothocalais | |
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| Nothocalais alpestris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
| Genus: | Nothocalais (A.Gray) Greene |
| Type species | |
| Nothocalais troximoides (A.Gray) Greene
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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As of 2023 all four of these species are classified in Nothocalis by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database (PLANTS)[4] and Flora of North America (FNA).[5] Only Nothocalais nigrescens is in Nothocalis according to World Flora Online (WFO)[6] However, Plants of the World Online (POWO) synonymizes genus Nothocalais into Microseris.[7]
- Nothocalais alpestris - alpine lake false dandelion - CA WA OR
- Nothocalais cuspidata - prairie false dandelion - ALB SAS MAN MT WY NM ND SD NE KS OK TX MN IA MO IL WI NY
- Nothocalais nigrescens - speckled false dandelion - ID MT WY
- Nothocalais troximoides - sagebrush false dandelion - BC WA OR CA ID NV UT WY MT
References
edit- ^ a b Greene, Edward Lee. 1886. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 2(5B): 54-55
- ^ Tropicos, Nothocalais (A. Gray) Greene
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 335, False agoseris or dandelion, Nothocalaïs (A. Gray) Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 54. 1886.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (2023). "Nothocalais (A. Gray) Greene". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ Chambers, Kenton L. (2020). "Nothocalaïs D. Don - FNA". Flora of North America. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ WFO (2023). "Nothocalais (A.Gray) Greene". World Flora Online. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ POWO (2023). "Microseris D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
External links
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