''Tonestus'', common name serpentweed,
[ is a genus of North American ]flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s 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 ...
.[Nelson, Aven. 1904. Botanical Gazette 37(4): 262]
in English[Flora of North America]
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The name is an anagram
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of the name of the related genus '' Stenotus.''[ '' Nestotus'' is similarly another ]anagram
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of the same name.[Roberts, Roland P., Urbatsch, Lowell Edward, & Neubig, Kurt Maximilian. 2005. Sida 21(3): 1647-1655]
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; Species[Biota of North America Program 2013 range distribution maps]
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* '' Tonestus lyallii'' (A.Gray) A.Nelson - Alberta
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, British Columbia
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, WA OR ID MT CO WY NV CA
* '' Tonestus pygmaeus'' (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Nelson - MT WY CO NM
; formerly included[
now in '' Eurybia ]Lorandersonia
''Lorandersonia'', commonly called rabbitbush, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
The genus is named for American botanist Loran Crittenden Anderson of Florida State University.
; Species Toiyabea Triniteurybia''
* ''Tonestus aberrans'' (A.Nelson) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - '' Triniteurybia aberrans''
* ''Tonestus alpinus'' (L.C.Anderson & Goodrich) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - '' Toiyabea alpina'' (L.C.Anderson & Goodrich) R.P.Roberts, Urbatsch & Neubig
* ''Tonestus eximius'' (H.M.Hall) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. - '' Toiyabea eximia'' (H.M. Hall) Nesom
* ''Tonestus graniticus'' (Tiehm & L.M.Shultz) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - '' Toiyabea granitica'' (Tiehm & Schultz) Nesom
* ''Tonestus kingii'' (D.C.Eaton) G.L.Nesom - '' Eurybia kingii'' (D.C.Eaton) G.L.Nesom
* ''Tonestus microcephalus'' (Cronquist) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - ''Lorandersonia microcephala
''Lorandersonia'', commonly called rabbitbush, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
The genus is named for American botanist Loran Crittenden Anderson of Florida State University.
; Species '' (Cronquist) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig
* ''Tonestus peirsonii'' (D.D.Keck) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - ''Toiyabea peirsonii
''Tonestus peirsonii'' is a local-endemic species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Inyo tonestus, Peirson's serpentweed and Peirson's tonestus.
Distribution
The plant is Endemism, endemic to California, where ...
'' (D.D. Keck) Nesom
References
Astereae
Asteraceae genera
Flora of Western Canada
Flora of the Western United States
Taxa named by Aven Nelson
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