Hypochaeris
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| Hypochaeris radicata | |
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Hypochaeris is a genus of plants in family Asteraceae. Many species are known as cat's ear. These are annual and perennial herbs generally bearing flower heads with yellow ray florets.
Hypochaeris contains somewhere between about 50 species, according to Stebbins (1971), up to about 100 species according to Tomb (1978), most of which are native to South America, but ranging to Eurasia and North Africa. Species include:
- Hypochaeris achyrophorus
- Hypochaeris brasiliensis
- Hypochaeris ciliata
- Hypochaeris elata
- Hypochaeris glabra - Smooth Cat's-ear
- Hypochaeris maculata - Spotted Cat's-ear
- Hypochaeris oligocephala
- Hypochaeris radicata - Common Cat's-ear
- Hypochaeris scorzonerae
- Hypochaeris sonchoides
- Hypochaeris sessiliflora
- Hypochaeris stuebelii
References
- M. Cerbah, T. Souza-Chies, M. F. Jubier, B. Lejeune, and S. Siljak-Yakovlev, "Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Hypochaeris Using Internal Transcribed Spacers of Nuclear rDNA: Inference for Chromosomal Evolution", Mol. Biol. Evol. 15(3):345–354. 1998.
- M Cerbah, J Coulaud, Sc Brown, and S Siljak-yakovlev, "Evolutionary DNA variation in the genus Hypochaeris", Heredity (1999) 82, 261–266.
- G. L. Stebbins, "Chromosomal changes, genetic recombination and speciation", p. 107–111 in E. ARNOLD, ed. Chromosomal evolution in higher plants. Edward Arnold, London. 1971.
- A. S. Tomb, K. L. Chambers, D. W. Kyhos, A. M. Powell, and P. H. Rave, "Chromosome number in the Compositae", XIV. Lactuceae. Am. J. Bot. 65:717–721. 1978.
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