Helianthus niveus subsp. tephrodes information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Helianthus niveus (Benth.) Brandegee subsp. tephrodes (A. Gray) Heiser

Genus: Helianthus
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) subfamily: Asteroideae tribe: Heliantheae.
Nomen number: 104314
Place of publication: Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):43. 1969
Name verified on: 08-Mar-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Mar-2010
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 11 in National Plant Germplasm System.

SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:

Center for Plant Conservation
Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

See other conspecific taxa:

Helianthus niveus (1 accessions)
Helianthus niveus subsp. canescens (20 accessions)
Helianthus niveus subsp. niveus (no accessions)

Common names:

Algodones Dunes sunflower (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
Algodones sunflower (Source: F NAmer ) – English
ash-color sunflower (Source: C. E. Rogers et al.) – English

Economic importance:

Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of sunflower (based on affinities to Helianthus petiolaris fide Amer J Bot 94:1837-1852.)

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [s.w.], California [s.e.]
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Sonora [w.]

References:

Beckstrom-Sternberg, S. M. et al. 1991. Gene lineage analysis in populations of Helianthus niveus and H. petiolaris (Asteraceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 175:125–138.
Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):43.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
Rogers, C. E. et al. 1982. Sunflower species of the United States. 11.
Timme, R. E. et al. 2007. High-resolution phylogeny for Helianthus (Asteraceae) using the 18S-26S ribosomal DNA external transcribed spacer. Amer. J. Bot. 94:1837–1852.

Check other web resources for Helianthus niveus (Benth.) Brandegee subsp. tephrodes (A. Gray) Heiser:

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Images:

GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
Capitula and foliage: USDA/ARS Sunflower Research Unit
Natural habitat: USDA/ARS Sunflower Research Unit