Stephanomeria

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: Stephanomeria
Species: S. cichoriacea – S. diegensis – S. elata – S. exigua – S. fluminea – S. guadalupensis – S. lactucina – S. malheurensis – S. mexiae – S. monocephala – S. paniculata – S. parryi – S. pauciflora – S. runcinata – S. tenuifolia – S. thurberi – S. virgata
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Stephanomeria Nutt., 1841

Type species: Lygodesmia minor Hook.

References

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.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Stephanomeria. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Stephanomeria. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 31 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Stephanomeria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31.
Tropicos.org 2019. Stephanomeria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31.

Vernacular names
English: Wirelettuce

Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce,[4] belonging to the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.[5][6]

Stephanomeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia scarletina, which feeds exclusively on the genus.

Annual species[3][7][8]

Stephanomeria diegensis Gottlieb - San Diego wirelettuce - Baja California, southern California; Hybrid origin: S. exigua х S. virgata[9]
Stephanomeria elata Nutt. - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - California and Oregon; 2n=32
Stephanomeria exiguaNutt. - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + Baja California; 2n=16
Stephanomeria hitchcockii Gand. - Kansas
Stephanomeria malheurensis Gottlieb - Malheur wirelettuce - Harney County in Oregon; 2n=16
Stephanomeria mexiae M.E.Jones - Chihuahua
Stephanomeria paniculata Nutt. - tufted wirelettuce - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho; 2n=16
Stephanomeria virgata Benth. - rod wirelettuce - California, Oregon, Nevada, Baja California; 2n=16

Perennial species[3][7][10]

Stephanomeria cichoriacea A.Gray - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern California; 2n=16
Stephanomeria fluminea Gottlieb - Teton wirelettuce - Endemic to northwestern Wyoming; 2n=16
Stephanomeria guadalupensis Brandegee - Endemic to Guadalupe Island in Baja California; 2n=16
Stephanomeria lactucina A.Gray - woodland wirelettuce - California, Oregon and Nevada; 2n=16
Stephanomeria monocephala Moran - Baja California
Stephanomeria occultata Wellard & J.W.Baker - Endemic to Weber River corridor, Northern Utah; 2n=16
Stephanomeria parryi A.Gray - Parry's wirelettuce - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah; 2n=32
Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A.Nelson - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila); 2n=16
Stephanomeria runcinata Nutt. - desert wirelettuce - Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan; 2n=16
Stephanomeria tenuifolia (Raf.) H.M.Hall - narrow-leaved wirelettuce - western United States; Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Baja California; 2n=16
Stephanomeria thurberi A.Gray - Thurber's wirelettuce - New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, Texas; 2n=16

formerly included

see Chaetadelpha Microseris Munzothamnus Pleiacanthus Prenanthella

Stephanomeria blairii - Munzothamnus blairii
Stephanomeria intermedia - Microseris nutans
Stephanomeria minima - Prenanthella exigua
Stephanomeria spinosa - Pleiacanthus spinosus
Stephanomeria wheeleri - Chaetadelpha wheeleri

References

Tropicos, Stephanomeria Nutt.
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Stephanomeria minor (Hook.) Nutt.
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Stephanomeria
"Stephanomeria". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 427–428 in English
Lee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; Phylogeny of Stephanomeria and related genera (compositae-lactuceae) bed on analysis of 18S-26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences; American Journal of Botany. 2002; 89:160-168
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F..
Gallez G.P.L.D., Gottlieb 1982 Genetic evidence for the hybrid origin of the diploid plant Stephanomeria diegensis. Evolution 36: 1158-1167
CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México.