Otopappus

Otopappus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Otopappus
Benth.
Type species
Otopappus verbesinoides
Synonyms
  • Notoptera Urb.
  • Zexmenia sect. Otopappus (Benth.) O.Hoffm.

Otopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, primarily Mesoamerican but with one species from Jamaica.

Species
  • Otopappus acuminatus S.Watson – Jalisco
  • Otopappus brevipes B.L.Rob. – from Chiapas to Nicaragua
  • Otopappus calarcanus S.Díaz – Colombia
  • Otopappus curviflorus (R.Br.) Hemsl. – from Veracruz to Nicaragua
  • Otopappus epaleaceus Hemsl. – from Puebla to Guatemala
  • Otopappus glabratus (J.M.Coult.) S.F.Blake – Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
  • Otopappus guatemalensis (Urb.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy – Guatemala, Belize, Yucatán
  • Otopappus hirsutus (Sw.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy – Jamaica
  • Otopappus imbricatus (Sch.Bip.) S.F.Blake – Puebla, Morelos, Michoacán, Guerrero
  • Otopappus koelzii McVaugh – Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco
  • Otopappus mexicanus (Rzed.) H.Rob. – Guerrero, Oaxaca
  • Otopappus microcephalus S.F.Blake – Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca
  • Otopappus robustus Hemsl. – Veracruz
  • Otopappus scaber S.F.Blake – Guatemala, Belize, Yucatán, Chiapas
  • Otopappus syncephalus Donn.Sm. – Guatemala
  • Otopappus tequilanus (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. – Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca
  • Otopappus verbesinoides Benth. – from Oaxaca to Nicaragua
formerly included

Several species one included in Otopappus are now regarded as better suited to other genera: Lundellianthus Oblivia Verbesina