ABSTRACT
When I first arrived in Florida in 1970, I soon found three common species of goldenasters. No flora of the region had been published since Small’s (1933) Manual of the Southeastern Flora, so I used that book to identify the plants. One of them was Pityopsis graminifolia, another was Chrysopsis floridana, and the third was Heterotheca subaxillaris. The following year, Long and Lakela (1971) published A Flora of Tropical Florida, and two of the three names changed. Instead of Pityopsis graminifolia, they called it Heterotheca graminifolia. Chrysopsis floridana too was placed in the same genus and became Heterotheca floridana. Not knowing any better, I began following Long and Lakela (1971).
