Gamochaeta
Gamochaeta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[4] There has not always been agreement among botanists regarding its status as a recognized genus, but it has become more accepted in recent years.[5][6] It currently includes many plants that previously belonged in genus Gnaphalium. Like many species of Gnaphalium, many Gamochaeta are called cudweeds or everlastings.
| Gamochaeta | |
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| Gamochaeta calviceps | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae | 
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae | 
| Genus: | Gamochaeta Wedd.  | 
| Type species | |
| Gamochaeta americana[1][2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Gamochaeta are native to North and South America, with one species endemic to Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic.[6][7] Some species are found in other regions as introduced species outside of their native ranges, and sometimes as invasive noxious weeds.[6][8]
Plants of this genus have "relatively small heads in spiciform (spike-like) arrays, concave post-fruiting receptacles, truncate collecting appendages of style branches in bisexual florets, relatively small cypselae (fruits) with minute, mucilage-producing papilliform hairs on the faces, and pappus bristles basally connate (joined) in smooth rings and released as single units."[6]
- Gamochaeta aliena – Chile
 - Gamochaeta ambatensis – Catamarca
 - Gamochaeta americana – lechuguilla, palomita, American everlasting – South America, Mesoamerica, West Indies
 - Gamochaeta andina – Chile
 - Gamochaeta antarctica – Antarctic cudweed – Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands
 - Gamochaeta antillana – southeastern US
 - Gamochaeta argentina – Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
 - Gamochaeta argyrinea – silvery cudweed – California, southeastern United States
 - Gamochaeta axillaris – Chile
 - Gamochaeta badillana – Venezuela
 - Gamochaeta beckii[13] – Bolivia
 - Gamochaeta berteroana – Chile
 - Gamochaeta boliviensis – Bolivia
 - Gamochaeta calviceps – southeastern US
 - Gamochaeta camaquaensis – Rio Grande do Sul
 - Gamochaeta chamissonis – Chile, Argentina, Juan Fernández Islands
 - Gamochaeta chilensis – Chile
 - Gamochaeta chionesthes – white-cloaked cudweed – southeastern United States
 - Gamochaeta coarctata – South America
 - Gamochaeta depilata – Neuquén, Chile
 - Gamochaeta deserticola – Tarapaca, Salta, Jujuy
 - Gamochaeta diffusa – Neuquén, Chile
 - Gamochaeta erecta – Rio Grande do Sul
 - Gamochaeta girardiana – Rio Grande do Sul
 - Gamochaeta grazielae – Rio de Janeiro
 - Gamochaeta hiemalis – Southern Brazil
 - Gamochaeta humilis – Antofagasta, Peru, Bolivia
 - Gamochaeta irazuensis – Costa Rica
 - Gamochaeta longipedicellata – Jujuy
 - Gamochaeta lulioana – Peru, Bolivia
 - Gamochaeta malvinensis – Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands
 - Gamochaeta meridensis – Venezuela
 - Gamochaeta monticola – Neuquén, Chile, Bolivia
 - Gamochaeta neuquensis – Neuquén, Rio Negro, central + southern Chile
 - Gamochaeta nigrevestis – southeastern Brazil
 - Gamochaeta nivalis – Chile, Argentina
 - Gamochaeta oligantha – Santiago, Valparaíso
 - Gamochaeta oreophila – Peru
 - Gamochaeta pensylvanica – Mesoamerica
 - Gamochaeta platensis – Uruguay, northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil
 - Gamochaeta polybotrya – Chile, Argentina
 - Gamochaeta procumbens – central Chile
 - Gamochaeta purpurea – North America
 - Gamochaeta rizzinii – Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul
 - Gamochaeta rosacea – Durango, San Luis Potosi
 - Gamochaeta serpyllifolia – Chile, Argentina
 - Gamochaeta simplicicaulis – simple-stem cudweed – South America; naturalized in New Zealand + southeastern United States
 - Gamochaeta sphacelata – South America, Mexico, Texas
 - Gamochaeta spiciformis – Chile, Argentina
 - Gamochaeta stachydifolia – Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Juan Fernández Islands
 - Gamochaeta stagnalis – desert cudweed – Mexico, Guatemala, United States (California Arizona New Mexico)
 - Gamochaeta suffruticosa – Coquimbo
 - Gamochaeta thouarsii – Tristan da Cunha
 - Gamochaeta ustulata – Pacific Coast of US + Canada
 - Gamochaeta valparadisea – Valparaíso
 - Gamochaeta villarroelii – Santiago
 
References
    
- lectotype designated by Cabrera, A. L. 1961. Observaciones sobre las Inuleae-Gnaphalineae (Compositae) de América del Sur. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 9: 362.
 - Tropicos, Gamochaeta Wedd.
 - Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
 - Weddell, Hugh Algernon. 1855. Chloris andina :essai d'une flore de la région alpine des Cordillères de l'Amérique du Sud 1(4–6): 151–154 short descriptions in Latin, longer descriptions and commentary in French
 - Nesom, G. L. 1990. The taxonomic status of Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Inuleae) and the species of the United States. Phytologia 68: 186–198.
 - Gamochaeta. Flora of North America.
 - Evenhuis, N. L. and L. G. Eldredge, Eds. (2012). Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011. Part II: Plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers No. 113.
 - Flora of China Vol. 20–21 Page 776 合冠鼠麴草属 he guan shu qu cao shu GamochaetaWeddell, Chlor. Andina. 1: 151. 1856.
 - Gamochaeta. The Plant List.
 - Gamochaeta. Germplasm Resources Information Network.
 - Gamochaeta. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
 - Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
 - Freire, S. E. and E. Urtubey. (2013). Gamochaeta beckii (Gnaphalieae, Asteraceae): A new species from Bolivia. Systematic Botany 38(1):259–265.
 
