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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: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Psilocarphus
Species: P. brevissimus – P. elatior – P. oregonus – P. tenellus

Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Psilocarphus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s. 7: 340–341. 1840.

Type species: Micropus globifer Bertero ex DC. Annotation: Pfeiffer, Nom. 2: 857. 1874

Synonyms

Bezanilla J.Rémy

References

Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Psilocarphus. Published online. Accessed: January 24 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Psilocarphus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 24.
Tropicos.org 2018. Psilocarphus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 January 2018.
Hassler, M. 2018. Psilocarphus. 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 online. Accessed: 2018 January 24. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: woolly marbles, woollyheads

Psilocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Psilocarphus is known commonly as woolly marbles or woollyheads. It is native western North America and southern South America.[4]

Species[1][5][6]

Psilocarphus brevissimus - BC ALB SAS WA OR CA NV ID UT WY MT, Baja California, Chile, Argentina
Psilocarphus chilensis - CA, Chile
Psilocarphus elatior - BC WA OR CA ID MT
Psilocarphus globiferus - Chile, Argentina
Psilocarphus oregonus - CA OR WA NV ID, Baja California
Psilocarphus tenellus - BC CA OR WA ID MT, Baja California

formerly included[1]

Psilocarphus caulescens Benth.- Hesperevax caulescens (Benth.) A.Gray
References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 340–341 descriptions and commentary in English
Tropicos, Psilocarphus Nutt.
Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 456 Woolly marbles, woollyheads, Psilocarphus Nuttall
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.

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