Crepis

Belongs within: Cichorieae.

Crepis, hawksbeards, is a primarily Northern Hemisphere genus of herbs with milky sap, bearing heads clustered in cymes (Hickman 1993).

Characters (from Hickman 1993): Annual, biennial, perennial from taproot; sap milky. Stems erect, <8 dm. Leaves basal or cauline, entire to pinnately lobed. Inflorescence with heads ligulate, clustered in cymes; phyllaries in two distinct series; receptacle naked. Florets 5–60; ligules yellow. Fruit tapered at both ends, sometimes beaked; pappus of many soft, hair-like bristles.

<==Crepis [incl. Barkhausia]S06
    |--C. acuminataH93
    |--C. artificialisD37
    |--C. asturicaD37
    |--C. bakeri [incl. C. bakeri ssp. cusickii]H93
    |--C. biennisD37
    |--C. bursifoliaD51
    |--C. capillaris [incl. C. virens]BR65
    |--C. commutataPT98
    |--C. dioscoridisPT98
    |--C. divaricataD37
    |--C. foetidaBR65
    |    |--C. f. ssp. foetidaBR65
    |    `--C. f. ssp. vulgarisBR65
    |--C. fuliginosaD51
    |--C. intermediaH93
    |--C. jacquiniC55
    |--C. japonicaT-W89
    |--C. kotschyanaD51
    |--C. leontodontoidesD51
    |--C. modocensis [incl. C. modocensis ssp. subacaulis]H93
    |--C. monticolaH93
    |--C. multifloraPT98
    |--C. nana [incl. C. nana ssp. ramosa]H93
    |--C. neglecta Linnaeus 1767PL04
    |--C. occidentalis [incl. C. o. ssp. conjuncta, C. o. ssp. costata, C. o. ssp. pumila]H93
    |--C. pleurocarpaH93
    |--C. pygmaeaC55
    |--C. rubraD37
    |--C. runcinataH93
    |    |--C. r. ssp. runcinataH93
    |    |--C. r. ssp. andersoniiH93
    |    `--C. r. ssp. halliiH93
    |--C. sanctaPT98
    |--C. setosaD51
    |--C. staticifolia (All.) Galasso, Banfi & Soldano in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 (see below for synonymy)BGS05
    |--C. taraxicifolia [=Barkhausia taraxicifolia]SKR96
    |--C. tectorumD51
    |--C. tibeticaO88
    `--C. vesicariaBR65
         |--C. v. var. vesicariaBR65
         `--C. v. var. taraxacifoliaBR65

Crepis staticifolia (All.) Galasso, Banfi & Soldano in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 [=Hieracium staticifolium All. 1774, Tolpis staticifolia]^BGS05

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BGS05] Banfi, E., G. Galasso & A. Soldano. 2005. Notes on systematics and taxonomy for the Italian vascular flora. 1. Atti Soc. It. Sci. Nat. Museo Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 146 (2): 219–244.

[BR65] Black, J. M., & E. L. Robertson. 1965. Flora of South Australia. Part IV. Oleaceae–Compositae. W. L. Hawes, Government Printer: Adelaide.

[C55] Candolle, A. de. 1855. Géographie Botanique Raisonée: Ou exposition des faits principaux et des lois concernant la distribution géographique des plantes de l’époque actuelle vol. 1. Librairie de Victor Masson: Paris.

[D37] Dobzhansky, T. 1937. Genetics and the Origin of Species. Columbia University Press: New York.

[D51] Dobzhansky, T. 1951. Genetics and the Origin of Species 3^rd ed. Columbia University Press: New York.

[H93] Hickman, J. C. (ed.) 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University of California Press: Berkeley (California).

[O88] Ohba, H. 1988. The alpine flora of the Nepal Himalayas: an introductory note. In: Ohba, H., & S. B. Malla (eds) The Himalayan Plants vol. 1. The University Museum, University of Tokyo, Bulletin 31: 19–46.

[PT98] Panitsa, M., & D. Tzanoudakis. 1998. Contribution to the study of the Greek flora: Flora and vegetation of the E Aegean islands Agathonisi and Pharmakonisi. Willdenowia 28: 95–116.

[PL04] Pohl, G., & I. Lenski. 2004. Zur Verbreitung und Vergesellschaftung von Pennisetum orientale Rich. in Nordeuböa (Griechenland) (Poaceae, Paniceae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 83 (2): 209–223.

[SKR96] Sobhian, R., L. Knutson & J. S. Rodier. 1996. Biology and host specificity notes on Styphlus penicillus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), examined as a biological control agent for Crupina vulgaris in the United States with remarks on its host plant. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (2): 317–323.

[S06] Stuckert, T. 1906. Distribución geográfica de la flora Argentina. Géneros de la familia de las compuestas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, serie 3, 6: 303–309.

[T-W89] Tenison-Woods, J. E. 1889. On the vegetation of Malaysia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (1): 9–106, pls 1–9.