Piptocarpha (Compositae: Vernonieae). Flora Neotropica (99) flora neotropica "Black-Eyed Susan" ~Rudbeckia hirta~

"Black-Eyed Susan" ~Rudbeckia hirta~

sunflower hearts

this volume lifts the shroud of mystery that has surrounded the lichen biota of the Smokies and reveals that lichen diversity in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park is the greatest of any American national park

as well as other primary sources

Paul Bamps and Stanislas Lisowski

Piptocarpha (Compositae: Vernonieae). Flora Neotropica (99) flora neotropica "Black-Eyed Susan" ~Rudbeckia hirta~Piptocarpha (Compositae: Vernonieae) treats 46 species within two subgenera, four sections, and seven series. This treatment includes full synonymy, typification, species descriptions, and 26 figures. In addition, the authors discuss distribution, morphology, karyology, coevolution with rusts, chemotaxonomy, phylogeny, dispersal, conservation, and uses.