Adenophyllum is a small genus of plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae. It contains ten species known generally as dogweeds.Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1807. Synopsis Plantarum 2: 458 in LatinTropicos, Adenophyllum Pers.
These are gangly, daisylike or thistlelike plants with yellow or reddish flowers. They are native primarily to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most common in desert regions.Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 237, Adenophyllum Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 458. 1807.
SpeciesBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution mapsTurner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93. Adenophyllum anomalum (Canby & Rose) Strother – Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango Adenophyllum appendiculatum (Lag.) Strother – Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero Adenophyllum aurantium (L.) Strother – Oaxaca Adenophyllum cooperi (A.Gray) Strother – Cooper's dyssodia, Cooper's dogweed - United States (California Nevada Arizona Utah) Adenophyllum glandulosum (Cav.) Strother – Oaxaca Adenophyllum porophylloides (A.Gray) Strother – San Felipe dogweed – Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, United States (California Nevada Arizona) Adenophyllum porophyllum (Cav.) Hemsl. – poreleaf dogweed – Mexico, Central America, Cuba, United States (Cochise County in Arizona) Adenophyllum pulcherrimum Adenophyllum speciosum (A.Gray) Strother – Baja California, Baja California Sur Adenophyllum squamosum (A.Gray) Strother – Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Colima Adenophyllum wrightii A.Gray – Wright's dogweed – Mexico, United States (Arizona New Mexico) Adenophyllum yecoranum
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