Astranthium, or Western-daisy, is a North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Tropicos, Astranthium Nutt.Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 312 in EnglishDe Jong, D. C. D. 1965. A systematic study of the genus Astranthium (Compositae, Astereae). Publications of the Museum of Michigan State University, Biological Series 2: 429–528. Astranthium is native to the United States and Mexico.Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution mapsLarsen, Esther Louise. 1933. Astranthium and related genera. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 20: 23-44 in English, line drawings and photos of herbarium specimens as illustrations
Species The genus includes the following species:
Astranthium beamanii DeJong – Nuevo León Astranthium ciliatum (Raf.) G.L.Nesom – United States (Southern Plains: Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Missouri) Astranthium integrifolium (Michx.) Nutt. – United States: (Cumberland Plateau, Ohio/Tennessee Valley: Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi Alabama Georgia West Virginia) Astranthium laetificum DeJong - southern Mexico Astranthium mexicanum (A.Gray) Larsen – Oaxaca, D.F., Mexico State, Morelos, Hidalgo Astranthium orthopodum (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Larsen – Chihuahua, Durango Astranthium purpurascens (B.L.Rob.) Larsen – Chiapas, San Luis Potosí Astranthium reichei Rzed. – central Mexico Astranthium robustum (Shinners) De Jong – United States (western Texas) Astranthium splendens DeJong – Nuevo León Astranthium xanthocomoides (Less.) Larsen – Hidalgo, Veracruz Astranthium xylopodum Larsen – Jalisco
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