Goldenhead

Taxobox
name = Goldenhead
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Acamptopappus"
genus_authority = (A. Gray) A. Gray
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"A. shockleyi" -- Shockley's Goldenhead
*"A. sphaerocephalus" -- Rayless Goldenhead

"Acamptopappus" is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. There are two species, both native to the deserts in southwestern North America. The name is derived from "a-" (not), "campto-" (bent), and "pappus" (down).

"Acamptopappus" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including "Coleophora acamtopappi" which feeds on "A. sphaerocephalus".

References

*Lane, M. A. 1988. Generic relationships and taxonomy of Acamptopappus (Compositae: Astereae). "Madrono" 35. (3): 247-265 [taxonomic revision]

External links

* [http://herbarium.uvsc.edu/Virtual/search.asp?s=genus&p=1&n=88&t=Acamptopappus UVSC Herbarium - "Acamptopappus"]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,610 Jepson Manual Treatment]