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Anacis

Anacis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes six species native to eastern North America, that consisted the entirety of Coreopsis sect. Gyrophyllum until the 2023, when the genus Gyrophyllum was established for six species distributed largely in the southeastern United States. However, this name was a preexisting synonym of a moss genus, so Anacis was used.

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Anacis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Coreopsideae
Genus: Anacis
Schrank
Species1

6; see text

Synonyms1
  • Chrysostemma Less.
  • Gyrophyllum (Nutt.) Mesfin & D.J.Crawford

Anacis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes six species native to eastern North America,12 that consisted the entirety of Coreopsis sect. Gyrophyllum3 until the 2023, when the genus Gyrophyllum was established for six species distributed largely in the southeastern United States.2 However, this name was a preexisting synonym of a moss genus, so Anacis was used.2

Plants of the World Online accepts the genus Anacis,1 which other authorities, including the Global Compositae Database, treat as a synonym of Coreopsis as of 2025.4 Like other current and former species of Coreopsis, plants in the genus carry the common name of tickseed. Several Anacis species are commercially available for use in cultivation as ornamental plants.

Species

Six species are accepted.12

  • Anacis delphiniifolia (Lam.) Z.H.Feng, Z.J.Huang & Su Liu (formerly Coreopsis delphiniifolia Lam.)
  • Anacis major (Walter) Z.H.Feng, Z.J.Huang & Su Liu (formerly Coreopsis major Walter)
  • Anacis palmata (Nutt.) Z.H.Feng, Z.J.Huang & Su Liu (formerly Coreopsis palmata Nutt.)
  • Anacis pulchra (F.E.Boynton) Z.H.Feng, Z.J.Huang & Su Liu (formerly Coreopsis pulchra F.E.Boynton)
  • Anacis tripteris (L.) Schrank (formerly Coreopsis tripteris L.)
  • Anacis verticillata (L.) Z.H.Feng, Z.J.Huang & Su Liu (formerly Coreopsis verticillata L.)
References

References

  1. "Anacis Schrank". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  2. Feng, Zhenhao; Huang, Zhangjie; Sun, Haonan; Liu, Su (11 April 2024). "Meeting Necessity Instead of Serendipity: Miscellaneous Nomenclatural Notes on Asteraceae". Phytotaxa. 644 (2). Auckland, New Zealand: 124–34. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.644.2.4. ISSN 1179-3155.
  3. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). "Coreopsis sect. Gyrophyllum". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2026 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. Compositae Working Group (CWG). "Anacis Schrank". Global Compositae Database. Retrieved 15 July 2026.