Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 427–428 in EnglishLee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; Phylogeny of Stephanomeria and related genera (compositae-lactuceae) bed on analysis of 18S-26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences; American Journal of Botany. 2002; 89:160-168
Stephanomeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia scarletina, which feeds exclusively on the genus.
Annual speciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist StephanomeriaBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution mapsCONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F. Stephanomeria diegensis Gottlieb - San Diego wirelettuce - Baja California, southern California; Hybrid origin: S. exigua х S. virgataGallez G.P.L.D., Gottlieb 1982 Genetic evidence for the hybrid origin of the diploid plant Stephanomeria diegensis. Evolution 36: 1158-1167 Stephanomeria elata Nutt. - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - California and Oregon; 2n=32 Stephanomeria exigua Nutt. - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + Baja California; 2n=16 Stephanomeria hitchcockii Gand. - Kansas Stephanomeria malheurensis Gottlieb - Malheur wirelettuce - Harney County in Oregon; 2n=16 Stephanomeria mexiae M.E.Jones - Chihuahua Stephanomeria paniculata Nutt. - tufted wirelettuce - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho; 2n=16 Stephanomeria virgata Benth. - rod wirelettuce - California, Oregon, Nevada, Baja California; 2n=16
Perennial speciesCONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México.
Stephanomeria cichoriacea A.Gray - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern California; 2n=16 Stephanomeria fluminea Gottlieb - Teton wirelettuce - Endemic to northwestern Wyoming; 2n=16 Stephanomeria guadalupensis Brandegee - Endemic to Guadalupe Island in Baja California; 2n=16 Stephanomeria lactucina A.Gray - woodland wirelettuce - California, Oregon and Nevada; 2n=16 Stephanomeria monocephala Moran - Baja California Stephanomeria occultata Wellard & J.W.Baker - Endemic to Weber River corridor, Northern Utah; 2n=16 Stephanomeria parryi A.Gray - Parry's wirelettuce - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah; 2n=32 Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A.Nelson - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila); 2n=16 Stephanomeria runcinata Nutt. - desert wirelettuce - Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan; 2n=16 Stephanomeria tenuifolia (Raf.) H.M.Hall - narrow-leaved wirelettuce - western United States; Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Baja California; 2n=16 Stephanomeria thurberi A.Gray - Thurber's wirelettuce - New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, Texas; 2n=16
formerly included see Chaetadelpha Microseris Munzothamnus Pleiacanthus Prenanthella
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