Ratibida is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.[1][3] Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie coneflowers[4][5][6] or mexican-hat.[7]

Prairie coneflowers
Ratibida columnifera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Rudbeckiinae
Genus: Ratibida
Raf.[1]
Type species
Ratibida sulcata
Raf.
Synonyms[2]
  • Lepachys Raf.
  • Obeliscaria sect. Ratibida (Raf.) DC.
  • Obeliscaria sect. Lepachys (Raf.) DC.
  • Obelisteca Raf.
  • Obeliscaria Cass.

Species

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There are 7 species:[2][8][9][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Genus: Ratibida Raf". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2015-01-04 at archive.today
  3. ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1817. Florula Ludoviciana, page 73
  4. ^ "Ratibida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  5. ^ Tropicos, Ratibida Raf.
  6. ^ Richards, E. L. 1968. A monograph of the genus Ratibida. Rhodora 70: 348–393.
  7. ^ "Ratibida". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.
  8. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  9. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Ratibida". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  10. ^ Urbatsch, Lowell E.; Cox, Patricia B. (2006). "Ratibida". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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