Dicoria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Dicoria
Species: D. argentea – D. canescens
Name

Dicoria Torr. & A.Gray, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 86–87, pl. 30. 1859.

Type species: Dicoria canescens A. Gray.

References

Torr. & A.Gray, Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary . . . Botany 2(1): 86–87, pl. 30. 1859.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Dicoria. Published online. Accessed: January 30 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Dicoria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 30.
Tropicos.org 2018. Dicoria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 30.
Hassler, M. 2018. Dicoria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 30. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dicoria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: Dicoria.
Dicoria Torr. ex A. Gray – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: twinbugs

Dicoria (twinbugs) is a genus of North American flowering plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family, native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.[1][2][3][4]

Species[5][6]

Dicoria argentea Strother - northwestern Mexico (Sonora)
Dicoria calliptera Rose & Standl. - northwestern Mexico (Sonora)[7][8]
Dicoria canescens A.Gray - northwestern Mexico (Baja California, Sonora), United States (California Nevada Arizona Utah New Mexico Colorado)

References

Emory, William Hemsley. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey :made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior, Botany 2(1): pages 86–87 genus description in Latin, species description in English
Emory, William Hemsley. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey :made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior, Botany 2(1): plate 30 line drawing of Dicoria canescens
Tropicos, Dicoria Torr. & A. Gray
Flora of North America, Dicoria canescens
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Dicoria[permanent dead link]
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
Rose, J.N. & Paul C. Standley. 1912. Report on a collection of plants from the Pinacate Region of Sonora. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16: page18 description in English
Rose, J.N. & Paul C. Standley. 1912. Report on a collection of plants from the Pinacate Region of Sonora. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16: plate 18 line drawing of Dicoria calliptera