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Coreopsis Linnaeus. Common name: Coreopsis, Tickseed.

Contributed by Alan S. Weakley and Bruce A. Sorrie

Key to Coreopsis

A genus of about 30 species, herbs, of America (once unrelated groups are removed). Recent molecular studies suggest that the relationship between Bidens and Coreopsis (as traditionally circumscribed) is complex, and that changes in taxonomy will be needed to more accurately reflect relationships (Kim et al. 1999; Crawford & Mort 2005). Tadesse & Crawford (2014) began this process, removing from Coreopsis some unrelated groups into Electra, Leptosyne, and (perhaps) Heterosperma; two additional clades, traditionally treated in Coreopsis section Pseudoagarista, will likely be removed. Tadesse & Crawford (2023) continued the process by elevating two sections to generic rank: Gyrophyllum [but necessarily Anacis] (C. major, C. delphiniifolia, C. verticillata, C. pulchra, C. palmata, C. tripteris) and Silphidium (C. latifolia). Gyrophyllum is illegitimate, however, and was replaced with Anacis (Feng, Huang, & Liu 2024)

References: Allison & Stevens (2001); Barger et al. (2023); Cronquist (1980); Feng et al. (2024); Schilling, Johnson, & Iacona (2015); Sherff & Alexander (1955); Smith (1976); Sorrie, LeBlond, & Weakley (2013); Strother (2006yy) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006c); Tadesse & Crawford (2014); Tadesse & Crawford (2023); Wunderlin & Hansen (2011). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Anacis verticillata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Floyd A. Griffith | Coreopsis nudata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Silphidium latifolium CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Anacis tripteris | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Coreopsis gladiata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Lowell Urbatsch | Coreopsis linifolia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Anacis pulchra CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Grant Morrow Parkins | Coreopsis auriculata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Coreopsis rosea | Original Image ⭷

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