Stephanomeria

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| image_caption = Stephanomeria virgata

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| taxon = Stephanomeria

| authority = Nutt.

| type_species = Stephanomeria minor[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005788 Tropicos, Stephanomeria Nutt.]
(syn of S. tenuifolia)[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=fd316880-ed3c-454e-97e8-0ed2bcd7c3cd Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Stephanomeria minor (Hook.) Nutt.]

| type_species_authority = (Hook.) Nutt.

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• Hemiptilium A.Gray
• Ptiloria Raf.

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Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce,{{PLANTS|id=STEPH|taxon=Stephanomeria|accessdate=2 December 2015}} belonging to the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318148#page/449/mode/1up Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 427–428] in EnglishLee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; Phylogeny of Stephanomeria and related genera (compositae-lactuceae) bed on analysis of 18S-26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences; American Journal of Botany. 2002; 89:160-168

Stephanomeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia scarletina, which feeds exclusively on the genus.

; Annual species[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=04179b07-c69b-4045-b50a-47525a26dd04 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Stephanomeria][http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Stephanomeria Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.

• Stephanomeria diegensis Gottlieb - San Diego wirelettuce - Baja California, southern California; Hybrid origin: S. exigua х S. virgataGallez G.P.L.D., Gottlieb 1982 Genetic evidence for the hybrid origin of the diploid plant Stephanomeria diegensis. Evolution 36: 1158-1167
• Stephanomeria elata Nutt. - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - California and Oregon; 2n=32
• Stephanomeria exigua Nutt. - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + Baja California; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria hitchcockii Gand. - Kansas
• Stephanomeria malheurensis Gottlieb - Malheur wirelettuce - Harney County in Oregon; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria mexiae M.E.Jones - Chihuahua
• Stephanomeria paniculata Nutt. - tufted wirelettuce - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria virgata Benth. - rod wirelettuce - California, Oregon, Nevada, Baja California; 2n=16

; Perennial speciesCONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México.

• Stephanomeria cichoriacea A.Gray - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern California; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria fluminea Gottlieb - Teton wirelettuce - Endemic to northwestern Wyoming; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria guadalupensis Brandegee - Endemic to Guadalupe Island in Baja California; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria lactucina A.Gray - woodland wirelettuce - California, Oregon and Nevada; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria monocephala Moran - Baja California
• Stephanomeria occultata Wellard & J.W.Baker - Endemic to Weber River corridor, Northern Utah; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria parryi A.Gray - Parry's wirelettuce - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah; 2n=32
• Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A.Nelson - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila); 2n=16
• Stephanomeria runcinata Nutt. - desert wirelettuce - Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria tenuifolia (Raf.) H.M.Hall - narrow-leaved wirelettuce - western United States; Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Baja California; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria thurberi A.Gray - Thurber's wirelettuce - New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, Texas; 2n=16

; formerly included

see Chaetadelpha Microseris Munzothamnus Pleiacanthus Prenanthella

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• Stephanomeria blairii - Munzothamnus blairii
• Stephanomeria intermedia - Microseris nutans
• Stephanomeria minima - Prenanthella exigua
• Stephanomeria spinosa - Pleiacanthus spinosus
• Stephanomeria wheeleri - Chaetadelpha wheeleri }}