Bigelowia
Bigelowia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the United States.[2][3][4]
| Bigelowia | |
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| Bigelowia nuttallii Black Warrior River, Blount County, Alabama | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Gutiereziinae |
| Genus: | Bigelowia DC. 1836, not Raf. 1817 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bigelowia plants are subshrubs, often forming clumps. They have very small but numerous displays of small yellow flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.[5][6][7]
- Species[8]
- Bigelowia nudata (Michx.) DC. – Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Georgia Florida South Carolina North Carolina
- Bigelowia nuttallii L.C.Anderson – Texas Louisiana Alabama Georgia Florida
References
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 329–330
- Tropicos, Bigelowia DC.
- UniProt. "Tribe Astereae". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- Flora of North America, Rayless-goldenrod, Bigelowia de Candolle
- Loran C. Anderson. Studies on Bigelowia (Astereae, Compositae). I. Morphology and Taxonomy. Sida. 1970. 3:45–465.
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
- The Plant List search for Bigelowia
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