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Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ecliptinae
Genus: Calyptocarpus
Species: C. brasiliensis – C. vialis – C. wendlandii
Name

Calyptocarpus Less., Syn. Gen. Compos. 221. 1832.

Type species: Calyptocarpus vialis Less.

Synonyms

Calyptrocarpus Rchb. 1841 not Less. 1832
Oligogyne DC.

References

Less., Synopsis Generum Compositarum 221. 1832.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Calyptocarpus. Published online. Accessed: January 31 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Calyptocarpus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31.
Tropicos.org 2018. Calyptocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31.
Hassler, M. 2018. Calyptocarpus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31. Reference page.

Calyptocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.[3][4]

The name is derived from the Greek kalypto ("covered or hidden") and karpos ("fruit").[1] Species are distributed in the southern United States and Latin America.[1]

These are perennial herbs with decumbent to prostrate stems up to 30 centimeters long. The oppositely arranged leaves have blades of various shapes with toothed edges. Flower heads are solitary in the leaf axils. Each has 3 to 8 light yellow ray florets and several yellow disc florets. The fruit is a flat cypsela with a pappus of 2 or more awns.[1]

There are 2[1][5] to 6[6] species accepted in the genus.

Species[2][5]

Calyptocarpus biaristatus - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
Calyptocarpus burchellii - southeastern Brazil
Calyptocarpus vialis – straggler daisy, horseherb, hierba del caballo, lawnflower,[7] creeping Cinderella-weed[8] - Texas, Louisiana, Central America, Venezuela; naturalized in Taiwan, Australia, Hawaii, parts of United States
Calyptocarpus wendlandii - Central America, southern Mexico

References

"Calyptocarpus Lessing, Syn. Gen. Compos. 221. 1832". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
"Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis 221. in Latin
Tropicos, Calyptocarpus Less.
Nesom, G. L. (2011). Is Calyptocarpus vialis (Asteraceae) native or introduced in Texas? Phytoneuron 31, 1-7.
Calyptocarpus. The Plant List.
Calyptocarpus vialis. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. University of Texas, Austin.
"Calyptocarpus vialis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 January 2018.