''Perityle'' is a

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. They are known generally as rock daisies. ''Perityle'' is a variable genus, with its members sharing few characteristics. They include small

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s and most bear yellow or white daisylike flower heads. The fruit is generally a flat seed with thickened margins which may or may not have a pappus or scales. Plants of this genus are native to

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.Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 317 ''Perityle'' Bentham
/ref> A study including morphological and cytological analyses and a phylogenomic analysis of chloroplast and nuclear genomes was published in 2022, and concluded that ''Perityle'' as previously circumscribed was

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. The authors revived and/or expanded the genera ''

Galinsogeopsis ''Galinsogeopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes 18 species native to Mexico and the southwestern United States, ranging from Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas to southern Mexico. Species 18 species are accept ...

'', '' Laphamia'', and '' Nesothamnus'' to establish monophyletic clades. The small genus ''Amauria'' and the Desventuradas Islands endemic species '' Lycapsus tenuifolius'' were merged into ''Perityle'', leaving it with 13 species.Isaac H. Lichter-Marck and Bruce G. Baldwin "A Phylogenetically Informed Reclassification of the Rock Daisies (Perityleae; Compositae)," ''Systematic Botany'' 47(3), 802-816, (16 September 2022). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364422X16573019348328

Species

13 species are currently accepted.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist

Formerly placed here

* '' Laphamia fosteri'' (as ''Perityle fosteri'' A.M.Powell) * ''

Laphamia inyoensis ''Laphamia inyoensis'' (synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Perityle inyoensis''), known by the common names Inyo rockdaisy and Inyo laphamia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae, aster family. It is endemism, endemic to Inyo County ...

'' (as ''Perityle inyoensis'' (Ferris) A.M.Powell) * '' Laphamia lindheimeri'' A.Gray (as ''Perityle lindheimeri'' (A.Gray) Shinners) * '' Laphamia saxicola'' Eastw. (as ''Perityle saxicola'' (Eastw.) Shinners) *'' Nesothamnus incanus'' (as ''Perityle incana'' A.Gray)

References

External links

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Jepson Manual Treatment

USDA Plants Profile
{{Authority control Perityleae Asteraceae genera Flora of the Americas Taxa named by George Bentham