PLANTS Profile for Thelesperma megapotamicum (Hopi tea greenthread)

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Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi tea greenthread

Symbol:

THME

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, AZ, Petrified Forest National Park, Flattops. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze

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Synonyms:
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze

	BIME2	Bidens megapotamica Spreng.
	THGR4	Thelesperma gracile (Torr.) A. Gray

Distribution:
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze


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Related Taxa:
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 12 species in Thelesperma

Classification:
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Thelesperma Less. – greenthread
Species	Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze – Hopi tea greenthread

More Accounts and Images:
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38525.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 01:36 PM CDT