Flaveria Explained

Flaveria is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.[1] [2] They are sometimes called yellowtops. Some are annual or perennial herbs and some are shrubs. They bear yellow flowers in heads, with zero, one, or two ray florets in each head. These plants are found in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia.[3] [4]

While some members of this genus use the more common carbon fixation pathway, others are plants, and some are intermediate. With closely related species exhibiting different forms of metabolism, Flaveria has been a model genus for studies on the evolution of photosynthesis.[5] [6] [7] A monograph by A.M. Powell from 1978[8] is the most comprehensive study of morphology and biogeography for the Flaveria species to date. Molecular phylogenetic studies have clarified many of the evolutionary relationships between Flaveria species.[5] [7]

Species[9] [10] [11]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5437418#page/281/mode/1up Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum 186–187
  2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40009769 Tropicos, Flaveria Juss.
  3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=112857 Floira of North America Vol. 21 Page 247 Flaveria Jussieu
  4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112857 Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 855 黄顶菊属 huang ding ju shu Flaveria Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 186. 1789.
  5. McKown . A.D. . Moncalvo . J.-M. . Dengler . N.G. . Phylogeny of Flaveria (Asteraceae) and inference of photosynthesis evolution . American Journal of Botany . 92 . 11 . 2005 . 1911–1928 . 0002-9122 . 10.3732/ajb.92.11.1911. 21646108 . free .
  6. Mallmann . Julia . Heckmann . David . Bräutigam . Andrea . Lercher . Martin J . Weber . Andreas PM . Westhoff . Peter . Gowik . Udo . The role of photorespiration during the evolution of photosynthesis in the genus Flaveria . eLife . 3 . 2014 . e02478 . 10.7554/elife.02478 . 24935935 . 4103682 . free .
  7. Lyu . M.-J.A. . Gowik . U. . Kelly . S. . Covshoff . S. . Mallmann . J. . Westhoff . P. . Hibberd . J.M. . Stata . M. . Sage . R.F. . Lu . H. . Wei . X. . Wong . G.K.-S. . Zhu . X.-G. . 3 . RNA-Seq based phylogeny recapitulates previous phylogeny of the genus Flaveria (Asteraceae) with some modifications . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 15 . 1 . 116 . 2015 . 1471-2148 . 10.1186/s12862-015-0399-9. 26084484 . 4472175 . free . 2015BMCEE..15..116L .
  8. A.M. Powell. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65: 590–636
  9. https://archive.today/20141126141721/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=48a97d36-d6a5-4883-8ab6-de776cc451e7 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  10. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Flaveria Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  11. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Flaveria The Plant List search for Flaveria