Astranthium Explained

Astranthium, or Western-daisy, is a North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Astranthium is native to the United States and Mexico.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Astranthium beamanii DeJong – Nuevo León
• Astranthium ciliatum (Raf.) G.L.Nesom – United States (Southern Plains: Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Missouri)
• Astranthium integrifolium (Michx.) Nutt. – United States: (Cumberland Plateau, Ohio/Tennessee Valley: Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi Alabama Georgia West Virginia)
• Astranthium laetificum DeJong - southern Mexico
• Astranthium mexicanum (A.Gray) Larsen – Oaxaca, D.F., Mexico State, Morelos, Hidalgo
• Astranthium orthopodum (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Larsen – Chihuahua, Durango
• Astranthium purpurascens (B.L.Rob.) Larsen – Chiapas, San Luis Potosí
• Astranthium reichei Rzed. – central Mexico
• Astranthium robustum (Shinners) De Jong – United States (western Texas)
• Astranthium splendens DeJong – Nuevo León
• Astranthium xanthocomoides (Less.) Larsen – Hidalgo, Veracruz
• Astranthium xylopodum Larsen – Jalisco

Notes and References

1. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021675 Tropicos, Astranthium Nutt.
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318033#page/334/mode/1up Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 312
3. Web site: Details for: Astereae . 2009-07-18 . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem . Botanical Garden in Berlin . Euro+Med PlantBase . .
4. Web site: Genus Kippistia . 2009-07-18 . National Herbarium of New South Wales . New South Wales FloraOnline . Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
5. Web site: Polyarrhena Cass. . 2009-07-18 . African Plants Database . South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica .
6. De Jong, D. C. D. 1965. A systematic study of the genus Astranthium (Compositae, Astereae). Publications of the Museum of Michigan State University, Biological Series 2: 429–528.
7. https://archive.today/20141108164000/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=ca264b6a-759c-480b-90b1-ae75d2b10089 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
8. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Astranthium Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
9. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15995039#page/36/mode/1up Larsen, Esther Louise. 1933. Astranthium and related genera. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 20: 23-44