Xanthocephalum is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1807. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Gesammten Naturkunde 1(2): 140Tropicos, Xanthocephalum Willd.
The name "Xanthocephalum" means "yellow head," from the Greek "xanthos," yellow and "kephale," head. The genus was once much larger than it is today, with many of its former members transferred to Gutierrezia in the 1980s.Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 436, Xanthocephalum WilldenowLane, M. A. 1983. Taxonomy of Xanthocephalum (Compositae: Astereae). Systematic Botany 8: 305–316.Nesom, G. L. 1989b. Comments on the annual species of Xanthocephalum (Compositae: Astereae) with a new combination. Phytologia 66: 482–487.Solbrig, O. T. 1961b. Synopsis of the genus Xanthocephalum (Compositae). Rhodora 63: 151–164.
Species Xanthocephalum amoenum Shinners - TexasBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Amphiachyris amoena Xanthocephalum benthamianum Hemsl. - Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Chihuahua, Durango, Michoacán, Jalisco Xanthocephalum centauroides Willd. - Michoacán, Durango, D.F., Guanajuato, México State Xanthocephalum durangense M.A.Lane - Durango Xanthocephalum eradiatum (M.A.Lane) G.L.Nesom - Chihuahua Xanthocephalum gymnospermoides (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. - United States (Arizona, Texas),Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Xanthocephalum gymnospermoides Chihuahua, Sonora Xanthocephalum humile (Kunth) Benth. & Hook.f. - Hidalgo, D.F., Puebla, Tlaxcala, México State, San Luis Potosí Xanthocephalum megalocephalum Fernald - Chihuahua formerly included see Amphiachyris Gutierrezia Gymnosperma Pilosella Stephanodoria
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