Oviculabiradiata, a new genus of Compositae from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas.

ABSTRACT: Here, we describe and illustrate a new monospecific genus of Compositae, Oviculabiradiata gen. et sp. nov., from the Chihuahuan Desert in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Oviculabiradiata is a very locally abundant, yet range-limited, spring annual herb found in coarse calcareous alluvium. Based on its pistillate ray florets, pappus of hyaline, aristate scales, tomentose foliage and slightly saucer-shaped to flat, epaleate receptacle, we determine that the new species has affinities with the Helenioid subtribe Tetraneurinae in the Heliantheae alliance. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of nrDNA (ITS) sequence data supports the phylogenetic position of Oviculabiradiata within the subtribe Tetranuerinae, where it is resolved as the sister lineage to the genus Psilo

SUBMITTER: Manley DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11862897 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature