Microseris

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: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Microseridinae
Genus: Microseris
Species: M. acuminata – M. alpestris – M. bigelovii – M. borealis – M. campestris – M. cuspidata – M. decipiens – M. douglasii – M. elegans – M. heterocarpa – M. howellii – M. laciniata – M. lanceolata – M. lindleyi – M. nigrescens – M. nutans – M. paludosa – M. pygmaea – M. scapigera – M. sylvatica – M. troximoides

Name

Microseris D.Don, Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 11: 388. (1832)

Type species: Microseris pygmaea D.Don, Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 11: 388. (1832)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Calais DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(1): 85. (1838)
Scorzonella Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 426. (1841)
Uropappus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 424. (1841)
Apargidium Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2: 474. (1943)
Type species: A. boreale (Bong.) Torr. & A.Gray (1943)
Nothocalais (A.Gray) Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2(5): 54. (1886)
Stebbinsoseris K.L.Chambers, Amer. J. Bot. 78(8): 1024. (1991)
Type species: S. heterocarpa (Nutt.) K.L.Chambers (1991)

Note: This is a view of Microseris s.l. including; Nothocalais, Stebbinsoseris and Uropappus, which are often found segregated in local flora (Chambers, 2018).
References

Don, D. 1832. Philosophical Magazine, or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science 11: 388.
Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page.
Chambers, K.L. 2018. Microseris in Flora of North America [1]
Hassler, M. 2018. Microseris. 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 July 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Microseris. Published online. Accessed: July 9 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Microseris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 July 9.

Vernacular names
English: Silverpuffs
русский: Микросерис

Microseris is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family, native to North America, Australia, and New Zealand.[1][2] It contains the following species:[1][3]

Microseris acuminata – Sierra foothill silverpuffs – CA OR
Microseris aliciae – CA
Microseris anomala – Channel Islands
Microseris astrata – CA
Microseris bigelovii – coastal silverpuffs – CA OR WA BC
Microseris borealis – northern silverpuffs – CA OR WA BC
Microseris breviseta – CA
Microseris callicarpha – CA
Microseris campestris – San Joaquin silverpuffs – CA
Microseris castanea
Microseris cognata – CA
Microseris conjugens – CA
Microseris decipiens – Santa Cruz silverpuffs – CA
Microseris douglasii – Douglas' silverpuffs – CA OR Baja California
Microseris elegans – elegant silverpuffs – CA
Microseris furfuracea – CA
Microseris heterocarpa – grassland silverpuffs – CA AZ Baja California Guadeloupe
Microseris howellii – Howell's silverpuffs – OR
Microseris insignis – CA
Microseris intermedia – CA
Microseris laciniata – cutleaf silverpuffs – CA NV OR WA
Microseris lanceolata – Australia
Microseris leiosperma – CA
Microseris leucocarpha – CA
Microseris maritima – CA
Microseris melanocarpha – CA
Microseris neozelandica – New Zealand
Microseris nevadensis – CA NV
Microseris nutans – western USA, BC
Microseris obtusata – CA
Microseris oligantha – CA
Microseris paludosa – marsh silverpuffs – CA
Microseris parvula – CA
Microseris picta – CA
Microseris proxima – CA
Microseris pulchella – CA
Microseris scapigera – New Zealand, Australia
Microseris stenocarpha – CA
Microseris sylvatica – sylvan scorzonella – CA
Microseris tasmanica – Tasmania
Microseris teakleana – Western Australia
Microseris tenuisecta – CA
Microseris walteri – murnong, yam daisy – Australia

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Flora of North America
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps