Thymophylla Explained

Thymophylla is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]} Pricklyleaf is a common name for plants in this genus.

The generic name is derived from the Greek words θύμον (thymon), meaning "thyme", and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf".^[3]

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

• Thymophylla acerosa (DC.) Strother  - pricklyleaf dogweed, Texas dogweed - TX NM AZ UT NV
• Thymophylla aurantiaca (Brandegee) Rydb. - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Thymophylla aurea (A.Gray) Greene ex Britton  - manyawn pricklyleaf - TX NM CO KS Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango
• Thymophylla concinna (A.Gray) Strother  - Sonoran pricklyleaf - AZ (Pima County) Sonora
• Thymophylla gentryi (M.C.Johnst.) Strother - Durango
• Thymophylla gypsophila (B.L.Turner) Strother - Coahuila
• Thymophylla micropoides (DC.) Strother  - woolly pricklyleaf - TX Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
• Thymophylla mutica (M.C.Johnst.) Strother - Tamaulipas
• Thymophylla pentachaeta (DC.) Small  - five-needle pricklyleaf - TX Chihuahua, Sonora, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Aguascalientes, Baja California, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
• Thymophylla setifolia Lag.  - Texas pricklyleaf - TX NM Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Veracruz
• Thymophylla tenuifolia (Cass.) Rydb. - México State, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Zacatecas
• Thymophylla tenuiloba (DC.) Small  - bristleleaf pricklyleaf - TX NM Coahuila, Nuevo León, Nayarit, Tamaulipas
• Thymophylla tephroleuca (S.F.Blake) Strother  - ashy pricklyleaf, ashy dogweed - TX

formerly includedsee Adenophyllum

• Thymophylla anomala - Adenophyllum anomalum
• Thymophylla neomexicana - Adenophyllum wriightii

External links

• • • Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile

Notes and References

1. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, Elench. Pl. 25
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40014102 Tropicos, Thymophylla Lag.
3. Web site: 324. Thymophylla Lagasca, Gen. Sp. Pl. 25. 1816. . John L. . Strother . Flora of North America . eFloras.org . 2013-12-17.
4. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Thymophylla Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
5. Strother, J. L. 1969. Systematics of Dyssodia Cavanilles (Compositae: Tageteae). University of California Publications in Botany 48: 1–88.
6. Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93