Gutierrezia

<i>Gutierrezia</i>

Gutierrezia

Genus of flowering plants

"Snakeweed" redirects here. For another plant called snakeweed, see Bistorta officinalis.

Gutierrezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to western North America and western South America.[4] Plants of this genus are known generally as snakeweeds or matchweeds.[5][1][6][7][8][9] Some species have been called greasewood.[10] They are annual or perennial plants or subshrubs with yellow or white flowers.[4]

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Flower heads of Gutierrezia microcephala

These plants contain chemical compounds which can be toxic to livestock and some are considered weeds.[11]

Species[3][12][13][14][15]

References

  1. [1]
    Tropicos, Gutierrezia Lag.
  2. [2]
    The Plant List, Gutierrezia linearifolia Lag.
  3. [3]
    "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  4. [4]
    Guy L. Nesom, "Gutierrezia Lagasca, Gen. Sp. Pl. 30. 1816", Flora of North America, vol. 20
  5. [5]
    Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, quae aut novae sunt aut nondum recte cognoscuntur, Elench. Pl. 30
  6. [6]
    "Asteraceae of North America Update, database (version 2010.5.13)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Gutierrezia Lag. Taxonomic Hierarchy". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  8. [8]
    "Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Gutierrezia Lag". United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  9. [9]
    Lane, M. A. 1985. Taxonomy of Gutierrezia (Compositae: Astereae) in North America. Systematic Botany 10(1): 7–28
  10. [10]
    "Greasewood" . The New International Encyclopædia  – via Wikisource.
  11. [11]
    Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2.
  12. [12]
    Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  13. [13]
    CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.
  14. [14]
    The Plant List, search for Gutierrezia
  15. [15]
    "Gutierrezia". plantsoftheworldonline.org. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-10-18.


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