Stephanomeria occultata
Species of plant
Stephanomeria occultata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Stephanomeria |
Species: | S. occultata |
Binomial name | |
Stephanomeria occultata Wellard & J.W.Baker |
Stephanomeria occultata is a species of rhizomatous flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to northern Utah.[1]
Origin of its name
Stephanomeria occultata was discovered in a parking lot for launching rafts into the river in 2018. Occultata means hidden in Latin. It showed in a Google street view image in 2015, 3 years before its discovery before someone came along and decided to key it. When they realized that it didn't match any species listed, they suspected a new species and that is how Stephanomeria occultata was discovered.
References
- ^ Wellard, Blake; Baker, Jason (21 June 2018). "Stephanomeria occultata (Asteraceae: Cichorieae), a New Species of Wirelettuce from Northern Utah, and a Key to all Perennial Wirelettuce". Systematic Botany. 43 (2): 595–601. doi:10.1600/036364418x697328. S2CID 89662681. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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