Oxytenia

Oxytenia, common name copperweed,[3] is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.[4][5]

Copperweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Heliantheae[1]
Genus:
Oxytenia

Binomial name
Oxytenia acerosa
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Iva acerosa (Nutt.) R.C.Jacks.
  • Euphrosyne acerosa (Nutt.) Panero

There is only one known species, Oxytenia acerosa, native to the southwestern United States: California (Inyo Co), Nevada (Nye Co), Utah, western Colorado, Arizona, northwestern New Mexico.[1][2][6][7]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. The Plant List, Oxytenia acerosa Nutt.
  3. US Department of Agriculture plants profile
  4. Nuttall, Thomas. 1848. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1): 20 in English
  5. Tropicos, Oxytenia Nutt.
  6. Flora of North America, Oxytenia acerosa Nuttall, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 4: 20. 1848.
  7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Euphrosyne acerosa
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