Amblyolepis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1836.[2][3]
| Amblyolepis | |
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| Amblyolepis setigera in Texas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Helenieae |
| Subtribe: | Tetraneurinae |
| Genus: | Amblyolepis DC. |
| Species: | A. setigera
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblyolepis setigera | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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There is only one known species, Amblyolepis setigera, the Huisache daisy,[4] native to Texas[5] and northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila).[6][7]
References
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- ^ Flora of North America Amblyolepis de Candolle
- ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 667–668 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Amblyolepis DC.
- ^ US Department of Agriculture plants profile
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
- ^ Bierner, M. W. 1990. Present status of Amblyolepis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Madroño 37: 133–140.
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