Nothocalais

Nothocalais
Nothocalais alpestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Microseridinae
Genus: Nothocalais
(A.Gray) Greene
Type species
Nothocalais troximoides
(A.Gray) Greene
Synonyms[1]
  • Microseris sect. Nothocalais A.Gray

Nothocalais is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2] There are known generally as false dandelions or false agoseris.[3]

As of 2023 all four of these species are classified in Nothocalis by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database (PLANTS)[4] and Flora of North America (FNA).[5] Only Nothocalais nigrescens is in Nothocalis according to World Flora Online (WFO)[6] However, Plants of the World Online (POWO) synonymizes genus Nothocalais into Microseris.[7]

Species[8][9]
  1. ^ a b Greene, Edward Lee. 1886. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 2(5B): 54-55
  2. ^ Tropicos, Nothocalais (A. Gray) Greene
  3. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 335, False agoseris or dandelion, Nothocalaïs (A. Gray) Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 54. 1886.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (2023). "​Nothocalais (A. Gray) Greene​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  5. ^ Chambers, Kenton L. (2020). "Nothocalaïs D. Don - FNA". Flora of North America. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  6. ^ WFO (2023). "Nothocalais (A.Gray) Greene". World Flora Online. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  7. ^ POWO (2023). "Microseris D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  8. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  9. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps