Acourtia
Genus of flowering plants
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Acourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830.[3][4][5] It includes desertpeonies, such as Acourtia nana (dwarf desertpeony) and Acourtia runcinata (featherleaf desertpeony).[6]
| Acourtia | |
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| Acourtia runcinata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Mutisioideae |
| Tribe: | Nassauvieae |
| Genus: | Acourtia D.Don[1] |
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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.[7]
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).[8][9] They are diverse in appearance. The flowers are usually white, pink, or purple.[2][10][11] 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),[8]
- Acourtia bravohollisiana
- Acourtia butandae
- Acourtia caltepecana
- Acourtia carpholepis
- Acourtia carranzae
- Acourtia ciprianoi
- Acourtia cordata
- Acourtia coulteri
- Acourtia cuernavacana
- Acourtia dieringeri
- Acourtia discolor
- Acourtia dissiticeps
- Acourtia dugesii
- Acourtia durangensis
- Acourtia elizabethiae
- Acourtia erioloma
- Acourtia fragrans
- Acourtia fruticosa
- Acourtia gentryi
- Acourtia glandulifera
- Acourtia glomeriflora
- Acourtia gracilis
- Acourtia grandifolia
- Acourtia guatemalensis
- Acourtia hidalgoana
- Acourtia hintoniorum
- Acourtia hondurana
- Acourtia hooveri
- Acourtia huajuapana
- Acourtia humboldtii
- Acourtia intermedia
- Acourtia joaquinensis
- Acourtia lepidopoda
- Acourtia lobulata
- Acourtia longifolia
- Acourtia lozanii
- Acourtia macrocephala
- Acourtia macvaughii
- Acourtia matudae
- Acourtia mexiae
- Acourtia mexicana
- Acourtia michoacana
- Acourtia microcephala
- Acourtia moctezumae
- Acourtia molinana
- Acourtia moschata
- Acourtia nana
- Acourtia nelsonii
- Acourtia nudicaulis
- Acourtia nudiuscula
- Acourtia oaxacana
- Acourtia ovatifolia
- Acourtia oxylepis
- Acourtia palmeri
- Acourtia parryi
- Acourtia patens
- Acourtia pilulosa
- Acourtia pinetorum
- Acourtia platyphylla
- Acourtia platyptera
- Acourtia potosina
- Acourtia pringlei
- Acourtia pulchella
- Acourtia purpusii
- Acourtia reticulata
- Acourtia runcinata
- Acourtia rzedowskii
- Acourtia scapiformis
- Acourtia scaposa
- Acourtia simulata
- Acourtia sinaloana
- Acourtia souleana
- Acourtia tenoriensis
- Acourtia thurberi
- Acourtia tomentosa
- Acourtia turbinata
- Acourtia umbratalis
- Acourtia venturae
- Acourtia veracruzana
- Acourtia wislizeni
- Acourtia wrightii
- Acourtia zacatecana
