Pericome

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: Perityleae
Subtribus: Peritylinae
Genus: Pericome
Species: P. caudata – P. macrocephala
Name

Pericome A.Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 81. (1853)

Type species: Pericome caudata A.Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 82. 1853

References

Gray, A. 1853. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Washington, DC 5(6): 81.
Hassler, M. 2018. Pericome. 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 Jan. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pericome. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 15 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Pericome in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 25.
Tropicos.org 2018. Pericome. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 25.

Pericome is a small genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. There are two species. Pericome caudata is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is relatively common. The second species, Pericome macrocephala, is known only from Durango in Mexico at its type locality.[1]

These are branching perennial herbs or small shrubs often exceeding one meter tall. They bear clusters of flower heads with golden disc florets.
References

Powell, A. M. (1973). Taxonomy of Pericome (Compositae: Peritylinae). The Southwestern Naturalist 18:3 335-9.