Heterosperma Explained

Heterosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to North and South America.^[1]

Species^[2]

• Heterosperma achaetum S.F.Blake - Colombia
• Heterosperma diversifolium Kunth - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador
• Heterosperma nanum (Nutt.) Sherff - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Chile
• Heterosperma ovatifolium Cav. - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Chile
• Heterosperma pinnatum Cav. - Mesoamerica,^[3] United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado),^{[4] [5]} Bolivia,^[6] Venezuela^[7]
• Heterosperma tenuisectum (Griseb.) Cabrera - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina
• Heterosperma xanti A.Gray - Mexico (Baja California Sur)

Notes and References

1. Cavanilles, Antonio José. 1796. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 3(2): 34.
2. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Heterosperma The Plant List search for Heterosperma
3. Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
4. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Heterosperma%20pinnatum.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
5. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242432365 Flora of North America, Heterosperma pinnatum Cavanilles, Icon. 3: 34. 1795.
6. Foster, R. C. 1958. A catalogue of the ferns and flowering plants of Bolivia. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 184: 1–223
7. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas