Heterosperma pinnatum explained

Heterosperma pinnatum, the wingpetal, is a New World species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It has a discontinuous distribution in North and South America, having been found in Bolivia,^[1] Venezuela,^[2] Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and the south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, and southern Colorado).^{[3] [4] [5]}

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Guatemala in 2008

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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
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.