Scabrethia Explained

Scabrethia is a monotypic genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]}

There is only one recognized species, Scabrethia scabra, the badlands mule-ears, which is native to the western United States (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico).^[3]

Subspecies

1. Scabrethia scabra subsp. scabra - (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona
2. Scabrethia scabra subsp. attenuata (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
3. Scabrethia scabra subsp. canescens (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico

The genus was circumscribed by William Alfred Weber in Phytologia vol.85 (1) on page 20 in 1998 (published in 1999).^[4]

The genus name of Scabrethia is in honour of Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802–1856), who was an American businessman and explorer. Scabrous (meaning rough to the touch) and also Wyethia.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13075030#page/24/mode/1up Weber, William Alfred. 1998. Phytologia 85(1): 20–21
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50200096 Tropicos, Scabrethia W.A. Weber
3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Scabrethia%20scabra.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
4. Web site: Scabrethia W.A.Weber Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 7 December 2022 . en.
5. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.