Genus of shrubs
Isocoma , commonly called jimmyweed or goldenweed ,[ 2] is a genus of North American semi-woody shrubs in the family Asteraceae . It is found in the semi-arid areas of Southwestern United States and Mexico .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
The name of this genus is derived from the Greek for "equal hair" referring to the pappus on the seed.[ 2]
Isocoma species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia bicuspida (recorded on I. drummondii ), Schinia erosa (feeds exclusively on I. acradenia ) and Schinia tertia (recorded on I. pluriflora ).
Species[ 1] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Isocoma acradenia (Greene) Greene - alkali goldenbush, alkali jimmyweed - Baja California , Sonora , California Arizona Nevada Utah
Isocoma arguta Greene - Carquinez goldenbush - Solano County in California
Isocoma azteca G.L.Nesom - Aztec goldenbush - Arizona New Mexico
Isocoma coronopifolia (Gray) Greene - common goldenbush, goldenweed - southern Texas , Coahuila , Nuevo León , Tamaulipas
Isocoma drummondii (Torr. & Gray) Greene - Drummond's goldenbush, Drummond's jimmyweed - southern Texas , Tamaulipas
Isocoma felgeri G.L.Nesom - Sonora
Isocoma gypsophila B.L.Turner - Zacatecas , Nuevo León
Isocoma hartwegii (A.Gray) Greene - San Luis Potosí , Zacatecas , Guanajuato
Isocoma humilis G.L.Nesom - Zion goldenbush - Utah (Kane + Washington Cos)
Isocoma menziesii (Hook. & Arn.) G.L.Nesom - Menzies' goldenbush - Baja California , California
Isocoma pluriflora (Torr. & Gray) Greene - rayless goldenrod, southern goldenbush, southern jimmyweed - Texas New Mexico Arizona Chihuahua
Isocoma rusbyi Greene - Rusby's goldenbush - Arizona New Mexico Utah Colorado
Isocoma tehuacana G.L.Nesom - Puebla
Isocoma tenuisecta Greene - burrow goldenweed, burroweed - Arizona New Mexico
Isocoma tomentosa G.L.Nesom - Chihuahua
Isocoma veneta (Kunth) Greene - jimmyweed - Mexico from Coahuila to Oaxaca
^ a b "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist" . Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-12-04 .
^ a b 116573 Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 439 Jimmyweed, goldenweed, Isocoma Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 320. 1840.
^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 320 in English
^ Tropicos, Isocoma Nutt.
^ Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico . Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2
^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
^ The Plant List search for Isocoma
^ Nesom, G.L. 1991. Taxonomy of Isocoma (Compositae: Astereae). Phytologia 70(2): 69–114 includes descriptions and distribution maps for 15 species