Rhysolepis was a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3] Until 2011, when botanists Schilling & Panero 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 eleven 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.[4]
| Rhysolepis | |
|---|---|
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: | Rhysolepis S.F.Blake |
- Rhysolepis kingii H.Rob. now Aldama kingii (H.Rob.) E.E.Schill. & Panero
- Rhysolepis morelensis (Greenm.) S.F.Blake now Aldama morelensis (S.F.Blake) E.E.Schill. & Panero
References
edit- ^ Blake, Sydney Fay. 1917. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 52: 36-37
- ^ Robinson, Harold Ernest & Moore, Abigail J. 2004. New species and new combinations in Rhysolepis (Heliantheae: Asteraceae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17(3): 423-446
- ^ Tropicos, Rhysolepis S.F. Blake
- ^ 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.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ The Plant List search for Rhysolepis
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