Gymnosperma

Gymnosperma is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4][5][6]

This article is about the Asteraceae genus. It is not to be confused with the Berberidaceae genus Gymnospermium or the non-flowering seed plants Gymnospermae.

Gymnosperma
Gymnosperma glutinosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Gutiereziinae
Genus: Gymnosperma
Less.
Species:
G. glutinosum
Binomial name
Gymnosperma glutinosum
(Spreng.) Less. 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Selloa Spreng., Dec 1818, illegitimate homonym not Kunth Oct 1818[2]
  • Selloa glutinosa Spreng.
  • Gymnosperma scoparium DC.
  • Xanthocephalum glutinosum (Spreng.) Shinners
  • Gymnosperma corymbosum DC.
  • Gymnosperma multiflorum DC.
  • Selloa scoparia Kuntze
  • Baccharis pingraea Nutt.
  • Selloa multiflora Kuntze
  • Baccharis fasciculosa Klatt

The only known species is Gymnosperma glutinosum, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas).[1][7][8] The species is sometimes known by the common name gumhead.[9]

References
  1. "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  2. Tropicos search for Selloa
  3. Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis Generum Compositarum 194 in Latin
  4. Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1818. Novi Proventus Hortorum Academicorum Halensis et Berolinensis . 36–37
  5. Tropicos, Gymnosperma Less.
  6. Flora of North America, Gymnosperma Lessing, 1832.
  7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  8. Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
  9. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Gymnosperma glutinosum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 May 2015.


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