Scabrethia is a monotypic genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
| Scabrethia | |
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| Scabrethia scabra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Scabrethia W.A.Weber |
| Species: | S. scabra
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| Binomial name | |
| Scabrethia scabra | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species synonymy
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There is only one recognized species, Scabrethia scabra,[4] the badlands mule-ears,[5] which is native to the western United States (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico).[1][6]
- Subspecies[1]
- Scabrethia scabra subsp. scabra - (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona
- Scabrethia scabra subsp. attenuata (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
- Scabrethia scabra subsp. canescens (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
The genus was circumscribed by William Alfred Weber in Phytologia vol.85 (1) on page 20 in 1998 (published in 1999).[4]
The genus name of Scabrethia is in honour of Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802–1856), who was an American businessman and explorer. Scabrous (meaning rough to the touch) and also Wyethia.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Weber, William Alfred. 1998. Phytologia 85(1): 20–21
- ^ Tropicos, Scabrethia W.A. Weber
- ^ a b "Scabrethia W.A.Weber | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ NRCS. "Scabrethia scabra". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
External links
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