Syncretocarpus

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: Syncretocarpus
Species: S. sericeus

Name

Syncretocarpus S.F.Blake

Syncretocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[2][3]

It consists of sub-shrubs that are endemic to the Andean Mountain region of Peru. They occur in dry, rocky canyons.[4] It is a member of the subtribe Helianthinae, which includes the common sunflower (Helianthus).

The genus is characterized by the presence of corky margins on the cypselae (achenes), as well as the presence in two species of a conspicuous elaiasome. It appears to be the sister group to the Andean genus Pappobolus, which lacks either corky margins or an elaiasome on its cypselae.

Species[1]

Syncretocarpus anchashino Panero & A. Granda P.
Syncretocarpus sericeus S. F. Blake
Syncretocarpus similis S. F. Blake

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Blake, Sydney Fay. 1916. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54(part 3, issue 119): 49-51 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
Tropicos, Syncretocarpus S.F. Blake
Panero, J. L. and A. G. Paucar. 2005. A new species of Syncretocarpus (Asteraceae: Heliantheae: Helianthinae) from Central Peru. Phytologia 87: 110-113.