Hypochaeris

Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Hypochaeris L.
ASTERACEAE
CATSEAR
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Classification
ASTERALES
Hypochaeris
Citation
HYPOCHAERIS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 810. 1753.
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TYPE: Hypochaeris glabra Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 309. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Hypochaeris chillensis SOUTH AMERICAN CATSEAR; TWEEDIE'S CATSEAR Not Native
Hypochaeris glabra SMOOTH CATSEAR Not Native
Hypochaeris microcephala var. albiflora SMALLHEAD CAT'S EAR Not Native
Hypochaeris radicata HAIRY CATSEAR Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Leaves basal and some smaller ones cauline; pappus bristles in 1 series, all plumose
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1.  Leaves all basal, cauline absent or nearly so; pappus bristles in 2 series, the outer barbellate, the inner plumose and longer
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2.  Involucres broadly campanulate; phyllaries hirsute medially; corollas yellow
H. chillensis
2.  Involucres cylindric or narrowly campanulate; phyllaries glabrous to sparsely tomentulose; corollas white
H. microcephala var. albiflora
3.  Annuals; leaves glabrous or sometimes hirsute on veins; florets subequal to phyllaries at flowering; cypselae dimorphic, outer truncate or with a short beak, inner with longer beaks
H. glabra
3.  Perennials; leaves hirsute; florets surpassing phyllaries at flowering; cypselae monomorphic, all beaked
H. radicata
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Achyrophorus Achyrophorus Adanson, Fam. Pl. 1: 112, 512. 1763. TYPE: = Hypochaeris Linnaeus 1753.
Agenora Agenora D. Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 6: 310. 1829. TYPE: Seriola laevigata Linnaeus = Seriola Linnaeus 1763, by lectotypification.
Arachnopogon Arachnopogon Berg ex Haberle, Cat. Pesth. 1832. TYPE: Non designatus.
Cycnoseris Cycnoseris Endlicher, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 458. 1843. TYPE: Cycnoseris australis Endlicher
Fabera Fabera Schultz Bipontinus, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 21: 129. 1845. TYPE: Non designatus.
Metabasis Metabasis de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 97, 307. 1838. TYPE: Non designatus.
Oreophila Oerophila D. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16: 178. 1830. TYPE: Oreophila sessiliflora (Kunth) D. Don (Hypochaeris sessiliflora Kunth)
Piptopogon Piptopogon Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 48: 507. 1827. TYPE: Piptopogon decipiens Cassini, nom. illegit. (Seriola laevigata Linnaeus; Piptopogon laevigatus (Linnaeus) Schultz Bipontinus) = Seriola Linnaeus 1763, by lectotypification.
Porcellites Porcellites Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 43: 42. 1826. TYPE: Porcellites radicatus (Linnaeus) Cassini (Hypochaeris radicata Linnaeus)
Robertia Robertia Richard ex de Candolle & Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 6: 453. 1815, non Scopoli 1777, nec Merat de Vaumartoise 1812. TYPE: Robertia taraxacoides (Loiseleur des Longchamps) de Candolle (Seriola taraxacoides Loiseleur des Longchamps)
Seriola Seriola Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1139. 1763. TYPE: Seriola laevigata Linnaeus Lectotypified by Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 568. 1841.
Trommsdorffia Trommsdorffia Bernhardi, Syst. Verz. Pfl. 102. 1800. TYPE: Trommsdorffia maculata (Linnaeus) Bernhardi (Hypochaeris maculata Linnaeus)