Hymenoxys

Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hymenoxys (rubberweed or bitterweed) is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to North and South America.[3][1][4] It was named by Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini in 1828.[1]

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Hymenoxys
Hymenoxys hoopesii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Helenieae
Subtribe: Tetraneurinae
Genus: Hymenoxys
Cass.
Type species
Hymenoxys anthemoides
(Juss.) Cass.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Plummera A.Gray
  • Dugaldia Cass.
  • Actinella Juss. ex Nutt.
  • Phileozera Buckley
  • Macdougalia A.Heller
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Plants of this genus are toxic to sheep due to the presence of the sesquiterpene lactone hymenoxon.[5][6][7]

Species[2][8][9][10][11]
formerly included[11]

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