Heliopsis buphthalmoides

Heliopsis buphthalmoides is a New World species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is the only member of its genus native to both North America and South America. It is found in Mexico (from Durango and Sinaloa south to Chiapas), all 7 countries of Central America, and western South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Perú, and Bolivia).[2][3]

Heliopsis buphthalmoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Heliopsis
Species:
H. buphthalmoides
Binomial name
Heliopsis buphthalmoides
(Jacq.) Dunal 1819 not Brandegee 1889
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Acmella buphthalmoides (Jacq.) Rich.
  • Acmella buphthalmoides Pers.
  • Andrieuxia mexicana DC.
  • Anthemis buphthalmoides Jacq. 1797
  • Anthemis oppositifolia Lam.
  • Anthemis ovalifolia Ortega
  • Heliopsis dubia Dunal
  • Heliopsis oppositifolia (Lam.) S.Díaz
  • Heliopsis pulchra T.R.Fisher
  • Kallias ovata Cass.
  • Spilanthes oppositifolia (Lam.) D'Arcy
  • Verbesina ovata Hort. ex Poir.

References
  1. "Heliopsis buphthalmoides (Jacq.) Dunal". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. Article: El género Heliopsis (Heliantheae; Asteraceae) en México y las alcamidas presentes en sus raíces, Journal: Acta Botánica Mexicana 2004 (69:115-131), Authors: | Abraham García | Enrique Ramírez | Jorge Molina | in Spanish with English summary; color photos of leaves of several species on page 119, photos of achenes on page 120
  3. Blake, Sydney Fay. 1940. Two new species of Heliopsis (Asteraceae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53: 71-73 diagnoses in Latin, descriptions and commentary in English


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