Gymnosperma

not to be confused with Gymnospermae, traditional name for non-flowering seed plants

Gymnosperma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae[1]
Genus: Gymnosperma
Less.
Species: G. glutinosum
Binomial name
Gymnosperma glutinosum
(Spreng.) Less. 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Selloa Spreng., Dec 1818, illegitimate homonym not Kunth Oct 1818[2]
  • Selloa glutinosa Spreng.
  • Gymnosperma scoparium DC.
  • Xanthocephalum glutinosum (Spreng.) Shinners
  • Gymnosperma corymbosum DC.
  • Gymnosperma multiflorum DC.
  • Selloa scoparia Kuntze
  • Baccharis pingraea]] Nutt.
  • Selloa multiflora Kuntze
  • Baccharis fasciculosa Klatt

Gymnosperma is a genus of North American flowering plants in the daisy family.[3][4][5][6]

The only known species is Gymnosperma glutinosum, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas).[1][7][8] The species is sometimes known by the common name gumhead.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Tropicos search for Selloa
  3. ↑ Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis Generum Compositarum 194 in Latin
  4. ↑ Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1818. Novi Proventus Hortorum Academicorum Halensis et Berolinensis . 36–37
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Gymnosperma Less.
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, Gymnosperma Lessing, 1832.
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  8. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F..
  9. ↑ "Gymnosperma glutinosum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 May 2015.


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