''Sartwellia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

North American North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Ca ...

flowering plants in the tribe

Tageteae Tageteae is a tribe of the plant family Asteraceae. It consists of approximately 260 species divided among 32 genera. All are found in the New World, with a center of diversity in the Mexican highlands. The type genus is ''Tagetes'' (marigolds). ...

within the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. The common name is glowwort. The genus was named for American botanist

Henry Parker Sartwell Henry Parker Sartwell (April 18, 1792 – November 15, 1867) was an American botanist. Biography Sartwell was a physician-botanist for whom was named the plant-genus Sartwellia, was born at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, April 18, 1792, and died Nov ...

.Gray, Asa, 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 122–123
in English + Latin

Species

The following species are recognised: *''

Sartwellia flaveriae ''Sartwellia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae. The common name is glowwort. The genus was named for American botanist Henry Parker Sartwell.

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New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

, western

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Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
/ref> * '' Sartwellia gypsophila'' A.M.Powell & B.L.Turner -

* '' Sartwellia humilis'' I.M.Johnst. -

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, Zacatecas,

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* '' Sartwellia mexicana'' A.Gray -

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References

Flora of North America Asteraceae genera Tageteae {{Tageteae-stub