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Solidago sect. Ptarmicoidei

Solidago sect. Ptarmicoidei is a section of flowering plants in the genus Solidago. They are sometimes considered a separate genus: Oligoneuron. Like related species they are known as goldenrods. This section contains seven species of perennial herbs, all native to North America. They are distinguished from other goldenrods by their corymbiform flowerheads, which are flat or rounded in profile and about as broad as tall or broader, for which they are sometimes called flat-topped goldenrods.

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Solidago sect. Ptarmicoidei
Solidago ohioensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Solidago
Section: S. sect. Ptarmicoidei
(House) Semple & Gandhi
Synonyms1
  • Aster sect. Ptarmicoidei House
  • Oligoneuron Small
  • Solidago ser. Corymbosae (Torrey & A. Gray) O. Hoffmann
  • Solidago subg. Oligoneuron (Small) House
  • Unamia Greene

Solidago sect. Ptarmicoidei is a section of flowering plants in the genus Solidago.1 They are sometimes considered a separate genus: Oligoneuron.23 Like related species they are known as goldenrods. This section contains seven species of perennial herbs, all native to North America.145 They are distinguished from other goldenrods by their corymbiform flowerheads, which are flat or rounded in profile and about as broad as tall or broader, for which they are sometimes called flat-topped goldenrods.167

Species

The following seven species are included in Solidago sect. Ptarmicoidei:1348

Named hybrids among members of the section include:349

  • Solidago × bernardii B.Boivin (S. ptarmicoides and S. riddellii) – creamy aster
  • Solidago × maheuxii B.Boivin (S. riddellii and S. rigida var. humilis)
  • Solidago × lutescens (Lindl. ex DC.) B.Boivin (S. ptarmicoides and S. rigida) – yellow upland goldenrod
  • Solidago × krotkovii B.Boivin (S. ohioense and S. ptarmicoides) – Krotkov's goldenrod
References

References

  1. Semple, J. C.; Cook, R. E. "Solidago Linnaeus sect. Ptarmicoidei (House) Semple & Gandhi". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 January 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  2. NRCS. "Oligoneuron". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
  4. Brouillet L, Desmet P, Coursol F, Meades SJ, Favreau M, Anions M, Bélisle P, Gendreau C, Shorthouse D, et al. (2010). "Solidago sect. Ptarmicoidei Linnaeus". Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. "Solidago". michiganflora.net. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. "Oligoneuron". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  7. Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  8. Laureto, P.; Pringle, J. S. (2010). "Solidago vossii (Asteraceae), a new species of goldenrod from northern Michigan" (PDF). The Michigan Botanist. 49. S2CID 80958731. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  9. "Solidago × maheuxii B.Boivin". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 8 January 2020.