Nothocalais | |
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Nothocalais alpestris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
Genus: |
Nothocalais ( A.Gray) Greene |
Type species | |
Nothocalais troximoides (A.Gray) Greene
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Nothocalais is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. [1] [2] There are known generally as false dandelions or false agoseris. [3]
As of 2023 all four of these species are classified in Nothocalis by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database (PLANTS) [4] and Flora of North America (FNA). [5] Only Nothocalais nigrescens is in Nothocalis according to World Flora Online (WFO) [6] However, Plants of the World Online (POWO) synonymizes genus Nothocalais into Microseris. [7]