Pyrrhopappus Explained

Pyrrhopappus is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2] [3]} Desert-chicory is a common name.

Species^{[4] [5] [6]}

• Pyrrhopappus carolinianus (Walter) DC. - southeastern + south-central United States
• Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus (Nutt.) Nutt. - Great Plains from Nebraska to Texas
• Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D.Don) DC. - southern United States from Arizona to Florida; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, Tamaulipas)
• Pyrrhopappus rothrockii A.Gray - Chihuahua, Coahuila, New Mexico, Durango, Nuevo León, Arizona, San Luis Potosí, Texas, Puebla
• Pyrrhopappus taraxacoides DC.

formerly included^[4] see Lactuca

• Pyrrhopappus hochstetteri A.Rich. - Lactuca inermis Forssk.
• Pyrrhopappus humilis A.Rich. - Lactuca inermis Forssk.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7156#page/149/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(1): 144–145
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021447 Tropicos, Pyrrhopappus DC.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=127793 Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 376 Pyrrhopappus de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
4. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pyrrhopappus The Plant List search for Pyrrhopappus
6. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Pyrrhopappus Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps