Hypochaeris Explained

Hypochaeris is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. Many species are known as cat's ear. These are annual and perennial herbs generally bearing flower heads with yellow ray florets. These plants may resemble or be confused with dandelions and so some are called false dandelions.

Estimates of the number of species range from about 50 ^[1] up to about 100.^[2] Most species are native to South America, but some are found in Eurasia and North Africa.

Etymology

Its name is derived from Greek ὑπό (under) and χοῖρος (young pig).

Species

Species^[3]

Other sources

• Cerbah. M . T Souza-Chies . MF Jubier . B Lejeune . S Siljak-Yakovlev. March 1998. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Hypochaeris using internal transcribed spacers of nuclear rDNA: inference for chromosomal evolution. . 15. 3. 345–354. 9501501 . 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025931. free.
• Cerbah. M . J Coulaud . Sc Brown . S Siljak-Yakovlev. March 1999. Evolutionary DNA variation in the genus Hypochaeris. Heredity. 82. 3. 261–266. 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884690. 10336700. free.

External links

• • • GBIF entry, with species list
• Jepson Manual Treatment
• GRIN Genus Profile

Notes and References

1. Book: Stebbins, G Ledyard. G. Ledyard Stebbins. Chromosomal evolution in higher plants. registration. 1971. Edward Arnold. London. 0-7131-2287-0.
2. 10.2307/2442146. Tomb. A Spencer . K L Chambers . D W Kyhos . A M Powell . P H Rave. Aug 1978. Chromosome Numbers in the Compositae. XIV. Lactuceae. American Journal of Botany. 65. 7. 717–21. 2442146.
3. Web site: Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist . 2014-12-08 . https://archive.today/20141208181746/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=59fba97d-6cfb-4945-bd31-fbb5d89dab85 . 2014-12-08 . dead .