Lasiospermum Explained

Lasiospermum (cocoonhead) is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.^{[1] [2]}

Species^{[3] [4]}

• Lasiospermum bipinnatum (Thunb.) Druce - Lesotho; introduced in Australia, California
• Lasiospermum brachyglossum DC. - Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Palestine
• Lasiospermum pedunculare Lag. - South Africa
• Lasiospermum poterioides Hutch. - South Africa

Species in homonymic genusSpecies included in Lasiospermum Fisch. 1812,^{[5] [6]} now assigned to Lasiospora and Scorzonera^[3]

• Lasiospermum angustifolium Fisch. - Scorzonera biebersteinii Lipsch.
• Lasiospermum ensifolium (M.Bieb.) Fisch. - Scorzonera ensifolia M.Bieb.
• Lasiospermum hirtum Fisch. - Lasiospora hirsuta (Gouan) Cass.

Notes and References

1. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, Elench. Pl. 31
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002312 Tropicos, Lasiospermum Lag.
3. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=7bc4a683-9ab1-4ba0-b5f6-970cf53265ba Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Lasiospermum The Plant List search for Lasiospermum
5. Fischer, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von. 1812 Catalogue du Jardin des Plants de S. E. Monsieur le Comte Alexis Razoumoffsky ed. 2, page 34
6. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=9677-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DLasiospermum%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dgen%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index