Davilanthus

Davilanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.^[1]

Davilanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Helianthinae
Genus:	Davilanthus E.E.Schill. & Panero

It is native to Mexico.^[1]

Botanists Schilling & Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclear ITS, ETS, and cpDNA, coming to a conclusion that the genus Viguiera Kunth, did not constitute a monophyletic group. Among their conclusions they proposed to reclassify the genus, dividing and relocating its species in at least eleven genera: Aldama La Llave, Bahiopsis Kellogg, Calanticaria (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) E.E. Schill. & Panero, Davilanthus E.E. Schill. & Panero, Dendroviguiera E.E. Schill. & Panero, Gonzalezia E.E. Schill. & Panero, Heiseria E.E. Schill. & Panero, Heliomeris Nutt., Hymenostephium Benth., Sidneya E.E. Schill. & Panero and Viguiera Kunth.^[2][3]

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online;^[1]

• Davilanthus davilae (Panero & Villaseñor) E.E.Schill. & Panero
• Davilanthus hidalgoanus (E.E.Schill. & Panero) E.E.Schill. & Panero
• Davilanthus huajuapanus (Panero & Villaseñor) E.E.Schill. & Panero
• Davilanthus hypargyreus (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) E.E.Schill. & Panero
• Davilanthus purpusii (Brandegee) E.E.Schill. & Panero
• Davilanthus sericeus (Klatt) E.E.Schill. & Panero
• Davilanthus veracruzanus B.L.Turner