Hymenoxys Explained

Hymenoxys (rubberweed or bitterweed) is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to North and South America.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029642 Tropicos, Hymenoxys Cass.
  2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=116151 Flora of North America, Bitterweed, rubberweed, Hymenoxys Cassini 1828.
  3. Book: Everitt . J.H. . Lonard . R.L. . Little . C.R. . Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico . Texas Tech University Press . Lubbock . 2007.
  4. Pfeiffer, F. A. and M. C. Calhoun. (1987). Effects of environmental, site, and phenological factors on hymenoxon content of bitterweed, Hymenoxys odorata. Journal of Animal Science 65 1553-62.
  5. http://texnat.tamu.edu/cmplants/toxic/plants/westernbitterweed.html Texas A&M University, Toxicity: H. odorata
  6. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Hymenoxys Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  7. Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100.
  8. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Hymenoxys The Plant List search for Hymenoxys
  9. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Hymenoxys The Plant List, search for Hymenoxys
  10. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25315661#page/284/mode/1up Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de, in Cuvier, F. 1828. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition<nowiki>] 55: 278–279]in French[1] [2] It was named by Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini in 1828.

    Plants of this genus are toxic to sheep due to the presence of the sesquiterpene lactone hymenoxon.[3] [4] [5]

    Species[6] [7] [8] [9]
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