Nestotus
Genus of flowering plants
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Nestotus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Nestotus | |
|---|---|
| Nestotus stenophyllus herbarium specimen from Lassen County, California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Solidagininae |
| Genus: | Nestotus R.P.Roberts, Urbatsch & Neubig |
| Type species | |
| Haplopappus stenophyllus[1] | |
The name Nestotus was chosen because it is an anagram of the name of the related genus Stenotus.[1] Tonestus is similarly another anagram of the same name.[8]
- Species[9]
- Nestotus macleanii (Brandegee) R.P.Roberts, Urbatsch & Neubig - Yukon Territory
- Nestotus stenophyllus (A.Gray) R.P.Roberts, Urbatsch & Neubig - California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Washington[10]