Lygodesmia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Lygodesmia grandiflora var dianthopsis 2.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Lygodesmia grandiflora]]'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Lygodesmia |authority = [[D.Don]] |type_species = ''[[Prenanthes juncea]]''<ref name=y/> |type_species_authority = Pursh |synonyms_ref = <ref name=x/> |synonyms= * ''Erythremia'' <small>[[Nutt.]]</small> }}

'''''Lygodesmia''''', called '''skeletonplant''',<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=119173 Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 369 Skeletonplant, ''Lygodesmia'' D. Don]</ref> is a [[genus]] of [[North America]]n flowering plants in the tribe [[Cichorieae]] within the family [[Asteraceae]].<ref name=y>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25427891#page/337/mode/1up Don, David. 1829. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 6: 311] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010352 Tropicos, Lygodesmia D. Don ]</ref>

The name derives from the Greek ''lygos'', a pliant twig, and ''desme'', a bundle, because of the fascicled twiggy or rush-like stems of the plants.<ref>[http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/docs/factshts/shiros.pdf Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre: ''Shinnersoseris rostrata'', Plant Characterization Abstract.]</ref>

; Species<ref name=x>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch |date=2014-11-06 }}</ref><ref>[https://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Lygodesmia Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]</ref> * ''[[Lygodesmia aphylla]]'' - [[Florida|FL]] [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]] [[Alabama|AL]] * ''[[Lygodesmia arizonica]]'' - [[Arizona|AZ]] [[New Mexico|NM]] [[Colorado|CO]] [[Utah|UT]] * ''[[Lygodesmia dianthopsis]]'' - [[Arizona|AZ]] [[Utah|UT]] [[Nevada|NV]] [[Idaho|ID]] * ''[[Lygodesmia doloresensis]]'' - [[Colorado|CO]] [[Utah|UT]] * ''[[Lygodesmia entrada]]'' - [[Utah|UT]] * ''[[Lygodesmia grandiflora]]'' - [[Arizona|AZ]] [[New Mexico|NM]] [[Colorado|CO]] [[Utah|UT]] [[Wyoming|WY]] * ''[[Lygodesmia juncea]]'' - widespread across western Canada + western United States * ''[[Lygodesmia ramosissima]]'' - [[Arizona|AZ]] [[Texas|TX]] [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Durango]], [[Sonora]] * ''[[Lygodesmia texana]]'' - [[Texas|TX]] [[Oklahoma|OK]] [[New Mexico|NM]] [[Coahuila]], [[Nuevo León]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== [[File:Lygodesmia juncea2.jpg|thumb|''Lygodesmia juncea'']] * [https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LYGOD USDA Plants Profile: ''Lygodesmia''] * [https://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Pink%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/lygodesmia.htm Southwest Colorado Wildflowers] * [https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=681 Florida Plant Atlas] * [https://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/l/lygodesmia-juncea=skeleton-weed.php Natural Medicinal Herbs, Skeleton Weed, ''Lygodesmia juncea''] * [http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LYTE Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, ''Lygodesmia texana'' ] * [http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/skeletonweed Minnesota Wildflowers, ''Lygodesmia juncea'' (Skeletonweed)]

[[Category:Asteraceae genera]] [[Category:Flora of Northern America]] [[Category:Lygodesmia| ]]