Cotula mexicana

Cotula mexicana, also known as Mexican brassbuttons,[1] is a plant species in the sunflower family. It is widespread in South America[2][3][4] and also found in central Mexico (Puebla, México State, Hidalgo)[5] and parts of the United States (California, Idaho).[1][6]

Cotula mexicana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cotula
Species:
C. mexicana
Binomial name
Cotula mexicana
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Cotula cabrerae Caro
  • Cotula pygmaea (Kunth) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.
  • Cotula valparadisea Phil.
  • Gymnostyles minuta (L.f.) Spreng.
  • Gymnostyles pedunculata Moc. ex DC.
  • Gymnostyles peruviana Spreng.
  • Hippia minuta L.f.
  • Lancisia minuta (L.f.) Rydb.
  • Soliva mexicana DC.
  • Soliva minuta (L.f.) Sweet
  • Soliva pedicellata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Soliva pedunculata Ruiz & Pav. ex Steud.
  • Soliva pygmaea Kunth

References
  1. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Cotula mexicana (DC.) Cabrera, Mexican brassbuttons
  2. Cabrera, A. L. 1978. Compositae. 10: 1–726. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la provincia de Jujuy. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
  3. Luteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 84: viii–xv, 1–278
  4. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157
  5. Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93
  6. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map


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