Nicolletia, common name hole-in-the-sand plant,DesertUSA, Mojave Hole-in-the-Sand Plant is a small genus of flowering plants in tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.Gray, Asa in Frémont, John Charles. 1845. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 page 315Uniprot.orgTropicos, Nicolletia A. Gray Strother, J. L. 1978. Taxonomy and geography of Nicolletia (Compositae: Tageteae). Sida 7: 369–374.
The genus is named for explorer Jean Nicholas Nicollet, 1786–1843.Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 231 Nicolletia A. Gray in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts. 315. 1845.
SpeciesTurner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps Nicolletia edwardsii A.Gray - western Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas Nicolletia occidentalis A.Gray - Mojave hole-in-the-sand plant - Baja California, southern California Nicolletia trifida Rydb. - Baja California, Baja California Sur
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