Ehrendorferia

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Ehrendorferia
Dicentra chrysantha 2004-05-17.jpg
Ehrendorferia chrysantha (type species)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Fumarioideae
Tribe: Fumarieae
Subtribe: Corydalinae
Genus: Ehrendorferia
T. Fukuhara & Lidén
Synonyms

Dicentra subg. Chrysocapnos

Ehrendorferia (eardrops) is a genus of two species of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants native to wildfire-prone areas of California and the Baja California peninsula. It was named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday. [1]

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Species

There are two species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Dicentra chrysantha 2004-05-17.jpg Ehrendorferia chrysantha (W. J. Hooker & G. Arnott) J. RylanderGolden EardropsCalifornia, and in Baja California.
Dicentraochroleuca.jpg Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (G. Engelmann) T. Fukuharawhite eardrops or yellow bleeding-heartCalifornia (Peninsular, Transverse, and southern Coast Ranges) and in Baja California.

References

  1. ↑ Magnus Lidén; Tatsundo Fukuhara; Johan Rylander; Bengt Oxelman (1997). "Phylogeny and classification of Fumariaceae, with emphasis on Dicentra s. l., based on the plastid gene rps16 intron". Plant Systematics and Evolution . 206 (1–4): 411–420. Bibcode:1997PSyEv.206..411L. doi:10.1007/BF00987960.


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