Dieteria

Dieteria is a North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2]

Dieteria
Dieteria canescens var. canescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Machaerantherinae
Genus: Dieteria
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Machaeranthera series Variabiles Cronquist & D.D.Keck
  • Machaeranthera subg. Dieteria (Nutt.) Greene
  • Aster subg. Hesperastrum (A.Gray) A.Gray

The genus Dieteria is closely related to Machaeranthera but distinguished by having entire to toothed leaves, whereas Machaeranthera has once or twice pinnate leaves.[3][4]

Species[5][6]
formerly included[5][6]

References

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