Otopappus Explained

Otopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, primarily Mesoamerican but with one species from Jamaica.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species^[4]

• Otopappus acuminatus S.Watson – Jalisco
• Otopappus brevipes B.L.Rob. – from Chiapas to Nicaragua
• Otopappus calarcanus S.Díaz – Colombia
• Otopappus curviflorus (R.Br.) Hemsl. – from Veracruz to Nicaragua
• Otopappus epaleaceus Hemsl. – from Puebla to Guatemala
• Otopappus glabratus (J.M.Coult.) S.F.Blake – Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
• Otopappus guatemalensis (Urb.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy – Guatemala, Belize, Yucatán
• Otopappus hirsutus (Sw.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy – Jamaica
• Otopappus imbricatus (Sch.Bip.) S.F.Blake – Puebla, Morelos, Michoacán, Guerrero
• Otopappus koelzii McVaugh – Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco
• Otopappus mexicanus (Rzed.) H.Rob. – Guerrero, Oaxaca
• Otopappus microcephalus S.F.Blake – Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca
• Otopappus robustus Hemsl. – Veracruz
• Otopappus scaber S.F.Blake – Guatemala, Belize, Yucatán, Chiapas
• Otopappus syncephalus Donn.Sm. – Guatemala
• Otopappus tequilanus (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. – Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca
• Otopappus verbesinoides Benth. – from Oaxaca to Nicaragua

formerly included^[5] Several species one included in Otopappus are now regarded as better suited to other genera: Lundellianthus Oblivia Verbesina

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/657331#page/383/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1873. Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita 2: 196, 380
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034949 Tropicos, Otopappus Benth.
3. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
4. Hartman, R.L. & T. F. Stuessy. 1983. Revision of Otopappus (Compositae, Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 8(2): 185–210
5. Web site: Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist . 2014-12-23 . https://archive.today/20141223140425/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Otopappus+&searchField=NameFull . 2014-12-23 . dead .