Acourtia
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| Acourtia | |
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| Acourtia runcinata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Mutisioideae |
| Tribe: | Nassauvieae[1] |
| Genus: | Acourtia D.Don[2] |
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About 40, See text. |
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Acourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. Plants in this genus are known generally as desertpeonies and are native to North and Central America. These flowers usually have only disc florets in their flower heads, but some of the disc florets are long and look like ray florets. They are diverse in appearance. The flowers are usually white, pink, or purple.
[edit] Selected species
- Acourtia carranzae
- Acourtia elizabethiae
- Acourtia formosa D.Don
- Acourtia mexicana
- Acourtia microcephala DC. – Sacapellote
- Acourtia nana (A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King – Dwarf Desertpeony (Sonoran Desert)
- Acourtia patens
- Acourtia pinetorum
- Acourtia runcinata (Lag. ex D.Don) B.L.Turner – Featherleaf Desertpeony
- Acourtia thurberi (A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King – Thurber's Desertpeony
- Acourtia wrightii (A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King – Brownfoot
- Acourtia zacatecana[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Genus Acourtia". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/130231. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "Genus: Acourtia D. Don". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1994-09-07. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?116. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Acourtia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?116. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ "Acourtia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=36452. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
[edit] External links
Media related to Acourtia at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Acourtia at Wikispecies
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