Dieteria
Dieteria is a North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2]
| Dieteria | |
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| Dieteria canescens var. canescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Machaerantherinae |
| Genus: | Dieteria Nutt. |
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The genus Dieteria is closely related to Machaeranthera but distinguished by having entire to toothed leaves, whereas Machaeranthera has once or twice pinnate leaves.[3][4]
- Dieteria bigelovii (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
- Dieteria canescens (Pursh) Nutt. - most of western United States and western Canada; Chihuahua
- Dieteria asteroides Torr. - now called Machaeranthera asteroides (Torr.) Greene - Chihuahua, Durango, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado
References
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 300–302 in English
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 39
- Flora of North America Dieteria Nuttall
- The Plant List search for Dieteria
- Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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