''Tonestus'', common name serpentweed, is a genus of North American

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family

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.Nelson, Aven. 1904. Botanical Gazette 37(4): 262
in EnglishFlora of North America
/ref> The name is an

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of the name of the related genus '' Stenotus.'' '' Nestotus'' is similarly another

of the same name.Roberts, Roland P., Urbatsch, Lowell Edward, & Neubig, Kurt Maximilian. 2005. Sida 21(3): 1647-1655
/ref> ; SpeciesBiota of North America Program 2013 range distribution maps
/ref> * '' Tonestus eximius'' (H.M.Hall) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. - CA NV * '' Tonestus graniticus'' (Tiehm & L.M.Shultz) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - NV * '' Tonestus lyallii'' (A.Gray) A.Nelson -

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, WA OR ID MT CO WY NV CA * '' Tonestus pygmaeus'' (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Nelson - MT WY CO NM ; formerly included now in '' Herrickia Lorandersonia Toiyabea'' * ''Tonestus alpinus'' (L.C.Anderson & Goodrich) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - '' Toiyabea alpina'' (L.C.Anderson & Goodrich) R.P.Roberts, Urbatsch & Neubig * ''Tonestus kingii'' (D.C.Eaton) G.L.Nesom - '' Eurybia kingii'' (D.C.Eaton) G.L.Nesom * ''Tonestus microcephalus'' (Cronquist) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - ''

Lorandersonia microcephala ''Lorandersonia'', commonly called rabbitbush, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is named for American botanist Loran Crittenden Anderson of Florida State University. ; Species

'' (Cronquist) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig * '' Tonestus peirsonii'' (D.D.Keck) G.L.Nesom & D.R.Morgan - ''

Lorandersonia peirsonii ''Tonestus peirsonii'' is a local-endemic species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Inyo tonestus, Peirson's serpentweed and Peirson's tonestus. Distribution The plant is endemic to California, where it is kno ...

'' (D.D.Keck) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig

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Astereae Asteraceae genera Flora of Western Canada Flora of the Western United States Taxa named by Aven Nelson {{Astereae-stub