Micropus

Cottonseed
Micropus californicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae[1]
Genus: Micropus
L.
Type species
Micropus supinus[2]
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Gnaphalodes Mill.

Micropus, the cottonseeds,[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.[2][4]

Species[1][5][6]
  1. Micropus amphibolus A.Gray - California
  2. Micropus californicus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - California, Oregon
  3. Micropus supinus L. - southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 1 2 Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 927 in Latin
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 454 Cottonseed, micrope, falzblume, Micropus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 927. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 398. 1754.
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Micropus L.
  5. ↑ The Plant List search for Micropus
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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