Heliomeris

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: Helianthinae
Genus: Heliomeris
Species: H. longifolia – H. multiflora – H. obscura – H. serboana – H. soliceps
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Heliomeris. 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 Feb. 09. Reference page.

Name

Heliomeris Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia n.s., i. (1847) 171.

Type species: Heliomeris multiflora Nutt.

Synonyms

Viguiera sect. Heliomeris (Nutt.) S.F.Blake

References

Nutt., Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1): 19. 1848.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Heliomeris. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 09 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Heliomeris in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 09.
Tropicos.org 2018. Heliomeris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 09.
Hassler, M. 2018. Heliomeris. 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 Feb. 09. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Heliomeris is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family[2][3] known generally as false goldeneyes.[4]

They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico. One species, H. obscura, is separated from the others, endemic to a remote area on the border between the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca[5]

These are annual and perennial herbs producing sunflower-like radiate flower heads. They are distinguished from related genera by the achenes, which are glabrous and lack a pappus, and by the involucre, which consists of only 2 series of bracts.[4]

Species[1][6]

Heliomeris hispida - rough false goldeneye, hairy goldeneye - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah
Heliomeris longifolia - longleaf false goldeneye - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí, Michoacán, Chiapas, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada
Heliomeris multiflora - showy goldeneye - from San Luis Potosí + southern California to Montana
Heliomeris obscura - Puebla, Oaxaca
Heliomeris soliceps - tropical false goldeneye, paria sunflower - Kane County in Utah

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Nuttall, Thomas. 1848. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1): 19 entirely in English
Tropicos, Heliomeris Nutt.
Flora North America, Heliomeris Nutt.
Yates, W. F., Jr. and C. B. Heiser Jr. 1979. Synopsis of Heliomeris (Compositae). Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 88: 364-372.
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps