Acourtia

Acourtia
Acourtia runcinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Nassauvieae
Genus: Acourtia
D.Don
Synonyms
  • Perezia section Acourtia (D. Don) A. Gray
  • Clarionia D.Don

Acourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830. It includes desertpeonies, such as Acourtia nana (dwarf desertpeony) and Acourtia runcinata (featherleaf desertpeony).

The genus name of Acourtia is in honour of Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs à Court-Repington (1792–1878), an English noblewoman with botanical interests, who married Charles Ashe à Court-Repington.

Plants in this genus are native to the Southwestern United States (from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah to Texas) and Mesoamerica (in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico). They are diverse in appearance. The flowers are usually white, pink, or purple. Their flower heads are usually composed of only disc florets, though some are long and look like ray florets.

Accepted species

81 species (as of January 2022),

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Acourtia D. Don". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1994-09-07. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America Vol. 19 Page 72, Acourtia D. Don
  3. ↑ Don, David. 1830. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16(2): 203–204 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Acourtia D. Don
  5. ↑ Reveal, J. L. and R. M. King. 1973. Re-establishment of Acourtia D. Don (Asteraceae). Phytologia 27: 228–232
  6. ↑ Michael Eason Wildflowers of Texas (2018), p. 326, at Google Books
  7. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Acourtia D.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  10. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2014. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
  11. ↑ Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa