''Haploesthes fruticosa'' is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
. It grows in northeastern Mexico (
Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...
and
Nuevo León
Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...
).
[Turner, Billie Lee. 1975. Wrightia 5(5): 114]
description in parallel English and Latin; commentary in English
The genus name is sometimes spelled ''Haploësthes,'' with two dots over the first e to indicate that the o and the e are to be pronounced in separate syllables. This is optional; either spelling is equally acceptable.
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code)
section 60.6
''Haploesthes fruticosa'' is a woody shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. It is very similar to '' H. greggii'' except for its woody habit and a few differences in the shape of the involucral bracts covering the lower parts of the flower heads.[
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Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Coahuila in 2006
Tageteae
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Coahuila
Flora of Nuevo León
Plants described in 1975
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