| Lygodesmia | |
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| Lygodesmia grandiflora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
| Genus: | Lygodesmia D.Don |
| Type species | |
| Prenanthes juncea[1] Pursh
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant,[3] is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][4]
The name derives from the Greek lygos, a pliant twig, and desme, a bundle, because of the fascicled twiggy or rush-like stems of the plants.[5]
- Lygodesmia aphylla - FL GA AL
- Lygodesmia arizonica - AZ NM CO UT
- Lygodesmia dianthopsis - AZ UT NV ID
- Lygodesmia doloresensis - CO UT
- Lygodesmia entrada - UT
- Lygodesmia grandiflora - AZ NM CO UT WY
- Lygodesmia juncea - widespread across western Canada + western United States
- Lygodesmia ramosissima - AZ TX Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora
- Lygodesmia texana - TX OK NM Coahuila, Nuevo León
- ^ a b Don, David. 1829. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 6: 311 in Latin
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 369 Skeletonplant, Lygodesmia D. Don
- ^ Tropicos, Lygodesmia D. Don
- ^ Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre: Shinnersoseris rostrata, Plant Characterization Abstract.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps