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Acourtia Fruticosa
''Acourtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830. It includes ''desertpeonies'', such as ''Acourtia nana'' (dwarf desertpeony) and ''Acourtia runcinata'' (featherleaf desertpeony). The genus name of ''Acourtia'' is in honour of Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs à Court-Repington (1792–1878), an English noblewoman with botanical interests, who married Charles Ashe à Court-Repington. Plants in this genus are native to the Southwestern United States (from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah to Texas) and Mesoamerica (in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico). They are diverse in appearance. The flowers are usually white, pink, or purple.Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa Their Head (botany), flower heads are usually composed of only disc florets, though some are long and look like ray florets. Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acourtia Runcinata
''Acourtia runcinata'', the featherleaf desertpeony or desert paeonia, is a North American species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ..., Tamaulipas) and also to the state of Texas in the United States. References Flora of Texas Nassauvieae Plants described in 1852 Flora of Northeastern Mexico {{Asteraceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acourtia Carpholepis
''Acourtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830. It includes ''desertpeonies'', such as ''Acourtia nana'' (dwarf desertpeony) and ''Acourtia runcinata'' (featherleaf desertpeony). The genus name of ''Acourtia'' is in honour of Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs à Court-Repington (1792–1878), an English noblewoman with botanical interests, who married Charles Ashe à Court-Repington. Plants in this genus are native to the Southwestern United States (from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah to Texas) and Mesoamerica (in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico). They are diverse in appearance. The flowers are usually white, pink, or purple.Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa Their flower heads A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |