Nestotus

Nestotus
Nestotus stenophyllus
herbarium specimen from
Lassen County, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Nestotus
R.P.Roberts, Urbatsch & Neubig
Type species
Haplopappus stenophyllus[1]
A.Gray

Nestotus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The name Nestotus was chosen because it is an anagram of the name of the related genus Stenotus.[1] Tonestus is similarly another anagram of the same name.[8]

Species[9]
  1. Nestotus macleanii (Brandegee) R.P.Roberts, Urbatsch & Neubig - Yukon Territory
  2. Nestotus stenophyllus (A.Gray) R.P.Roberts, Urbatsch & Neubig - California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Washington[10]

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