Plant Genera


Hieracium

Family Code: ASTERA
Genus Code: HIERA
Genus CN: hawkweed
Genus Authority: L.
Genus Summary: A genus of 250-1000 species, herbs, primarily temperate. Hieracium is a complicated genus, with many apomictic races sometimes recognized as taxa. Often separated into Hieracium and Pilosella, an approach increasingly supported by molecular and morphological evidence, and has become the dominant approach in Europe and worldwide (Funk et al. 2009; Kilian, Gemeinholzer, & Lack 2009; Bräutigam & Greuter 2007).
Genus Identification: Identification notes: Many of our species hybridize, and some of the species listed above are apparently hybrid derivatives. I prefer to treat taxa such as H. marianum as species (even if hybridization-derived) because they regularly occur independently of the parental taxa. Other hybrids of native species known in our area include: H. gronovii × paniculatum [H. ×alleghaniense Britton (pro sp.)], H. gronovii × venosum, H. paniculatum × scabrum, H. paniculatum × venosum [H. ×scribneri Small (pro sp.); H. scribneri – K1], H. scabrum × venosum.
Genus References: Strother in FNA (2006a); Bräutigam & Greuter (2007); Kilian, Gemeinholzer, & Lack (2009); Cronquist (1980)=SE. Key adapted from C.
Last Updated: 2019-11-29
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