Perityle

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Perityle emoryi flower.jpg

|image_caption = Perityle emoryi

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Perityle

|authority = Benth. (1844)

|synonyms =

• Amauria {{small|Benth. (1844)}}
• Closia {{small|J.Rémy (1849)}}
• Lycapsus {{small|Phil. (1870)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326936-2 Perityle Benth.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

}}

Perityle is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/780173#page/34/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1844. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur 23] descriptions in Latin, commentary in English[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/780173#page/34/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1844. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur 23] line drawing of Perityle californica[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004839 Tropicos, Perityle Benth.] They are known generally as rock daisies.

Perityle is a variable genus, with its members sharing few characteristics. They include small herbs to spreading shrubs and most bear yellow or white daisylike flower heads. The fruit is generally a flat seed with thickened margins which may or may not have a pappus or scales. Plants of this genus are native to North and South America.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=124595 Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 317 Perityle Bentham]

A study including morphological and cytological analyses and a phylogenomic analysis of chloroplast and nuclear genomes was published in 2022, and concluded that Perityle as previously circumscribed was polyphyletic. The authors revived and/or expanded the genera Galinsogeopsis, Laphamia, and Nesothamnus to establish monophyletic clades. The small genus Amauria and the Desventuradas Islands endemic species Lycapsus tenuifolius were merged into Perityle, leaving it with 13 species.Isaac H. Lichter-Marck and Bruce G. Baldwin "A Phylogenetically Informed Reclassification of the Rock Daisies (Perityleae; Compositae)," Systematic Botany 47(3), 802-816, (16 September 2022). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364422X16573019348328