Heliopsis buphthalmoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Heliopsis |
| Species: | H. buphthalmoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliopsis buphthalmoides | |
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Synonymy
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Heliopsis buphthalmoides is a New World species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is the only member of its genus native to both North America and South America. It is found in Mexico (from Durango and Sinaloa south to Chiapas), all 7 countries of Central America, and western South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Perú, and Bolivia).[2][3]
References
- ^ "Heliopsis buphthalmoides (Jacq.) Dunal". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ Article: El género Heliopsis (Heliantheae; Asteraceae) en México y las alcamidas presentes en sus raíces, Journal: Acta Botánica Mexicana 2004 (69:115-131), Authors: | Abraham García | Enrique Ramírez | Jorge Molina | in Spanish with English summary; color photos of leaves of several species on page 119, photos of achenes on page 120
- ^ Blake, Sydney Fay. 1940. Two new species of Heliopsis (Asteraceae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53: 71-73 diagnoses in Latin, descriptions and commentary in English
External links
- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in northeastern Peru in 1984
- Reproduction of 1830 color lithograph by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire
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