Xanthisma

Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy,^[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1][4][5][6][7][8][3]}

Xanthisma
Xanthisma spinulosum on Frenchman Mountain, Nevada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Machaerantherinae
Genus:	Xanthisma DC.
Type species
Xanthisma texanum[1] DC.
Synonyms[2]
Xanthisma sect. Sideranthus (Nutt. ex Nees) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. Machaeranthera subg. Sideranthus (Nutt. ex Nees) R.L.Hartm. Sideranthus Nutt. ex Nees Centauridium Torr. & A.Gray Machaeranthera sect. Sideranthus (Nutt. ex Nees) R.L.Hartm. Machaeranthera sect. Stenoloba R.L.Hartm. Sideranthus Nutt. Eriocarpum Nutt.

The generic name comes from the Greek "xanthos," "yellow", and "-ismos," "condition."^[3] It was first described in 1836 from material collected in "The Mexican Province of Texas."^[1]

Species^[2][9][10]

• Xanthisma blephariphyllum (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - TX NM
• Xanthisma coloradoense (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - CO WY
• Xanthisma gracile (Nutt.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - CA NV UT CO AZ NM TX NY ME, Chihuahua
• Xanthisma grindelioides (Nutt.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Alberta, Saskatchewan, MT ND SD NE WY CO UT AZ NV NM
• Xanthisma gypsophilum (B.L.Turner) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Coahuila, Durango, TX NM
• Xanthisma junceum (Greene) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Baja California, AZ CA
• Xanthisma paradoxum (B.L. Turner & R.L. Hartm.) G.L. Nesom & B.L. Turner - CO AZ UT
• Xanthisma spinulosum (Pursh) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Nuevo León, Coahuila, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, CA AZ NM TX AR OK KS CO UT NV ID WY MT ND SD NE IA MN
• Xanthisma texanum DC. - TX NM AZ OK
• Xanthisma viscidum (Wooton & Standl.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - TX NM

References

1. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 94–95 in Latin
2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ^{[permanent dead link]}
3. Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 383 Sleepy-daisy Xanthisma de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 94. 1836.
4. Tropicos, Xanthisma DC.
5. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
6. UniProt. "Tribe Astereae". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
7. National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
8. "Polyarrhena Cass". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
9. The Plant List
10. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps