Ericameria

Belongs within: Astereae.

Ericameria is a genus of shrubby composite plants found in western North America.

Characters (from Roberts & Urbatsch 2003): Habit shrubby; leaves resin-coated, filiform to laminar; captulescences usually corymbiform; phyllaries multiseriate, imbricate, with evident costae; ray corollas, when present, usually small; pappus uniseriate, composed of barbellate bristles.

<==Ericameria
    |  i. s.: E. albida [=Chrysothamnus albidus]RU03
    |--E. sect. Ericameria [=Haplopappus sect. Ericameria]RU03
    |    |--E. arborescensRU03 [=Haplopappus arborescensH93]
    |    |--E. brachylepisRU03 [incl. Haplopappus propinquusH93]
    |    |--E. cooperiRU03 [=Haplopappus cooperiH93]
    |    |--E. cuneataRU03 [=Haplopappus cuneatusH93]
    |    |    |--E. c. var. cuneataH93
    |    |    |--E. c. var. macrocephalaH93
    |    |    `--E. c. var. spathulata [=Haplopappus cuneatus var. spathulatus]H93
    |    |--E. ericoidesRU03 [=Haplopappus ericoidesH93; incl. E. ericoides ssp. blakeiH93]
    |    |--E. fasciculataRU03 [incl. Haplopappus eastwoodiaeH93]
    |    |--E. juarezensisRU03 [=Haplopappus juarezensis Moran 1969M69]
    |    |--E. laricifoliaRU03 [=Haplopappus laricifolius H93]
    |    |--E. martirensisRU03 [=Haplopappus martirensisM69]
    |    |--E. palmeriRU03 [=Haplopappus palmeriH93]
    |    |    |--E. p. var. palmeriH93
    |    |    `--E. p. var. pachylepis [=Haplopappus palmeri var. pachylepis]H93
    |    |--E. paniculata [=Chrysothamnus paniculatus]RU03
    |    |--E. parishiiRU03 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |    |--E. p. var. parishiiH93
    |    |    `--E. p. var. peninsularisH93 [=Haplopappus arborescens ssp. peninsularis Moran 1969M69]
    |    |--E. pinifoliaRU03 [=Haplopappus pinifoliusH93]
    |    `--E. teretifolia [=Chrysothamnus teretifolius]RU03
    |--E. sect. Asiris [=Haplopappus sect. Asiris]RU03
    |    |--E. cervinaRU03
    |    |--E. nanaRU03 [=Haplopappus nanusH93]
    |    |--E. obovataRU03
    |    |--E. resinosaRU03
    |    `--E. watsonii [=Macronema watsonii]RU03
    |--E. sect. Macronema [=Haplopappus sect. Macronema]RU03
    |    |--E. bloomeriRU03 [=Haplopappus bloomeriH93]
    |    |--E. × bolanderi [E. discoidea × E. nauseosa]RU03
    |    |--E. compactaRU03
    |    |--E. crispaRU03
    |    |--E. discoidea [=Haplopappus macronema]RU03
    |    |    |--E. d. var. discoideaRU03
    |    |    `--E. d. var. linearisRU03
    |    |--E. gilmaniiRU03 [=Haplopappus gilmaniiH93]
    |    |--E. greeneiRU03 [=Haplopappus greeneiH93]
    |    |--E. lignumviridisRU03
    |    |--E. nauseosa [=Chrysothamnus nauseosus]RU03
    |    |    |--E. n. ssp. nauseosaRU03
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus nauseosus’ ssp. albicaulis [incl. C. californicus, C. nauseosus var. macrophyllus]H93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus nauseosus’ ssp. bernardinusH93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus nauseosus’ ssp. ceruminosusH93
    |    |    |--E. n. ssp. consimilisRU03 [=Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilisH93; incl. C. nauseosus ssp. viridulusH93]
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus nauseosus’ ssp. hololeucus [incl. C. nauseosus ssp. gnaphalodes]H93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus nauseosus’ ssp. leiospermusH93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus nauseosus’ ssp. mohavensisH93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus nauseosus’ ssp. × viscosus [C. nauseosus ssp. hololeucus × Ericameria cuneata]H93
    |    |    `--‘Chrysothamnus nauseosus’ ssp. washoensisH93
    |    |--E. ophitidisRU03 [=Haplopappus ophitidisH93]
    |    |--E. parryi [=Chrysothamnus parryi]RU03
    |    |    |--E. p. ssp. parryiH93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus’ p. ssp. × bolanderi [C. nauseosus ssp. albicaulis × Ericameria discoidea]H93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus’ p. ssp. asperH93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus’ p. ssp. imulusH93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus’ p. ssp. latiorH93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus’ p. ssp. monocephalusH93
    |    |    |--‘Chrysothamnus’ p. ssp. nevadensisH93
    |    |    `--‘Chrysothamnus’ p. ssp. vulcanicusH93
    |    |--E. suffruticosaRU03 [=Haplopappus suffruticosusH93]
    |    `--E. zionisRU03
    `--E. (sect. Stenotopsis) linearifolia [=Haplopappus linearifolius]RU03

Ericameria parishii^RU03 [=Bigelovia parishii Greene 1882^M69, E. arborescens ssp. parishii^H93, Haplopappus arborescens var. parishii (Greene) Moran 1969^M69]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

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

[M69] Moran, R. 1969. Five new taxa of Haplopappus (Compositae) from Baja California, Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 15 (11): 149–164.

[RU03] Roberts, R. P., & L. E. Urbatsch. 2003. Molecular phylogeny of Ericameria (Asteraceae, Astereae) based on nuclear ribosomal 3´ ETS and ITS sequence data. Taxon 52: 209–228.