# Stephanomeria

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Genus of plants

Stephanomeria Stephanomeria virgata Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Subfamily: Cichorioideae Tribe: Cichorieae Subtribe: Microseridinae Genus: Stephanomeria Nutt. Type species Stephanomeria minor[1] (syn of S. tenuifolia)[2] (Hook.) Nutt. Synonyms[3] Hemiptilium A.Gray Ptiloria Raf.

***Stephanomeria*** is a genus of [North American](/source/North_America) plants also known as **wirelettuce**,[4] belonging to the tribe [Cichorieae](/source/Cichorieae) within the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae).[5][6]

*Stephanomeria* species are used as food plants by the [larvae](/source/Larva) of some [Lepidoptera](/source/Lepidoptera) species including *[Schinia scarletina](/source/Schinia_scarletina)*, which feeds exclusively on the genus.

**Annual species[3][7][8]**

- *[Stephanomeria diegensis](/source/Stephanomeria_diegensis)* Gottlieb - San Diego wirelettuce - [Baja California](/source/Baja_California), southern [California](/source/California); Hybrid origin: *S. exigua х S. virgata*[9]

- *[Stephanomeria elata](/source/Stephanomeria_elata)* Nutt. - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - [California](/source/California) and [Oregon](/source/Oregon); 2n=32

- *[Stephanomeria exigua](/source/Stephanomeria_exigua)* Nutt. - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + [Baja California](/source/Baja_California); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria hitchcockii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephanomeria_hitchcockii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Gand. - [Kansas](/source/Kansas)

- *[Stephanomeria malheurensis](/source/Stephanomeria_malheurensis)* Gottlieb - Malheur wirelettuce - [Harney County](/source/Harney_County) in [Oregon](/source/Oregon); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria mexiae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephanomeria_mexiae&action=edit&redlink=1)* M.E.Jones - [Chihuahua](/source/Chihuahua_(state))

- *[Stephanomeria paniculata](/source/Stephanomeria_paniculata)* Nutt. - tufted wirelettuce - [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), [California](/source/California), [Nevada](/source/Nevada), [Idaho](/source/Idaho); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria virgata](/source/Stephanomeria_virgata)* Benth. - rod wirelettuce - [California](/source/California), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), [Nevada](/source/Nevada), [Baja California](/source/Baja_California); 2n=16

**Perennial species[3][7][10]**

- *[Stephanomeria cichoriacea](/source/Stephanomeria_cichoriacea)* A.Gray - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern [California](/source/California); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria fluminea](/source/Stephanomeria_fluminea)* Gottlieb - Teton wirelettuce - [Endemic](/source/Endemic) to northwestern [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria guadalupensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephanomeria_guadalupensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brandegee - [Endemic](/source/Endemic) to [Guadalupe Island](/source/Guadalupe_Island) in [Baja California](/source/Baja_California); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria lactucina](/source/Stephanomeria_lactucina)* A.Gray - woodland wirelettuce - [California](/source/California), [Oregon](/source/Oregon) and [Nevada](/source/Nevada); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria monocephala](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephanomeria_monocephala&action=edit&redlink=1)* Moran - [Baja California](/source/Baja_California)

- *[Stephanomeria occultata](/source/Stephanomeria_occultata)* Wellard & J.W.Baker - Endemic to [Weber River](/source/Weber_River) corridor, Northern [Utah](/source/Utah); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria parryi](/source/Stephanomeria_parryi)* A.Gray - Parry's wirelettuce - [Arizona](/source/Arizona), [California](/source/California), [Nevada](/source/Nevada), [Utah](/source/Utah); 2n=32

- *[Stephanomeria pauciflora](/source/Stephanomeria_pauciflora)* (Torr.) A.Nelson - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico ([Baja California](/source/Baja_California), [Sonora](/source/Sonora), [Coahuila](/source/Coahuila)); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria runcinata](/source/Stephanomeria_runcinata)* Nutt. - desert wirelettuce - [Colorado](/source/Colorado), [Montana](/source/Montana), [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska), [Utah](/source/Utah), [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming), [North Dakota](/source/North_Dakota), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria tenuifolia](/source/Stephanomeria_tenuifolia)* (Raf.) H.M.Hall - narrow-leaved wirelettuce - western United States; [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Baja California](/source/Baja_California); 2n=16

- *[Stephanomeria thurberi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephanomeria_thurberi&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.Gray - Thurber's wirelettuce - [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico), [Arizona](/source/Arizona), [Sonora](/source/Sonora), [Texas](/source/Texas); 2n=16

**formerly included**

see *[Chaetadelpha](/source/Chaetadelpha) [Microseris](/source/Microseris) [Munzothamnus](/source/Munzothamnus) [Pleiacanthus](/source/Pleiacanthus) [Prenanthella](/source/Prenanthella)*

- *Stephanomeria blairii - [Munzothamnus blairii](/source/Munzothamnus_blairii)*

- *Stephanomeria intermedia - [Microseris nutans](/source/Microseris_nutans)*

- *Stephanomeria minima - [Prenanthella exigua](/source/Prenanthella_exigua)*

- *Stephanomeria spinosa - [Pleiacanthus spinosus](/source/Pleiacanthus_spinosus)*

- *[Stephanomeria wheeleri](/source/Stephanomeria_wheeleri) - [Chaetadelpha wheeleri](/source/Chaetadelpha_wheeleri)*

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Tropicos, Stephanomeria Nutt.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005788)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, *Stephanomeria minor* (Hook.) Nutt.](http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=fd316880-ed3c-454e-97e8-0ed2bcd7c3cd)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-j_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-j_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-j_3-2) [Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist *Stephanomeria*](http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=04179b07-c69b-4045-b50a-47525a26dd04)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [NRCS](/source/Natural_Resources_Conservation_Service). ["*Stephanomeria*"](https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/plant-profile/STEPH). *PLANTS Database*. [United States Department of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture) (USDA). Retrieved 2 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 427–428](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318148#page/449/mode/1up) in English

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lee2001_6-0)** Lee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; *Phylogeny of*Stephanomeria*and related genera (compositae-lactuceae) bed on analysis of 18S-26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences*; American Journal of Botany. 2002; 89:160-168

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bonap.net_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bonap.net_7-1) [Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps](http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Stephanomeria)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Gallez G.P.L.D., Gottlieb 1982 *Genetic evidence for the hybrid origin of the diploid plant* *Stephanomeria diegensis*. Evolution 36: 1158-1167

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México.

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Taxon identifiers Stephanomeria Wikidata: Q5392954 Wikispecies: Stephanomeria CoL: 7N3B EoL: 38846 EPPO: 1STOG FNA: 131451 FoC: 131451 GBIF: 3141064 GRIN: 11560 iNaturalist: 56986 IPNI: 328784-2 IRMNG: 1298323 ITIS: 38442 NCBI: 19031 Open Tree of Life: 670737 PLANTS: STEPH POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328784-2 Tropicos: 40005788 VASCAN: 1719 WFO: wfo-4000036587 WoRMS: 1075851

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