Leptosiphon

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Leptosiphon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Leptosiphon
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Species

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Leptosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family. [1] [2] Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus Linanthus . Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plants.

Species include:

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The Polemoniaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 25 genera with 270–400 species of annuals and perennials native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America.

<i>Linanthus</i> Genus of flowering plants

Linanthus is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the phlox family Polemoniaceae. The species are found in western North America and in Chile, with the greatest diversity in California.

Leptosiphon ambiguus, the serpentine linanthus, is a low annual plant with needle-like leaves and a vivid lavender flower. It grows in serpentine soils and is an endemic threatened species of the Bay Area in California.

<i>Leptosiphon bicolor</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon bicolor, known as true babystars, is a low annual flowering plant with clumps of needle-like leaves. Populations often contain both white-flowered and pink-flowered plants. It is native to the west coast of North America from northern Baja California to southern British Columbia.

<i>Leptosiphon acicularis</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon acicularis is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names bristly linanthus and bristly leptosiphon.

<i>Leptosiphon androsaceus</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon androsaceus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name false babystars.

<i>Leptosiphon aureus</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon aureus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name golden linanthus.

<i>Leptosiphon breviculus</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon breviculus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Mojave linanthus. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the Mojave Desert and dry spots in the adjacent Transverse Ranges.

Leptosiphon filipes is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name thread linanthus.

<i>Leptosiphon grandiflorus</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon grandiflorus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names large-flower linanthus and large flowered leptosiphon.

<i>Leptosiphon lemmonii</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon lemmonii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Lemmon's linanthus.

<i>Leptosiphon montanus</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon montanus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name mustang clover.

Leptosiphon nudatus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Tehachapi linanthus.

<i>Leptosiphon nuttallii</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Nuttall's linanthus.

Leptosiphon oblanceolatus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Sierra Nevada linanthus.

<i>Leptosiphon pachyphyllus</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon pachyphyllus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family, known by the common name Sierra linanthus.

<i>Leptosiphon parviflorus</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon parviflorus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name variable linanthus.

<i>Leptosiphon pygmaeus</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon pygmaeus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name pygmy linanthus.

<i>Leptosiphon septentrionalis</i> Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon septentrionalis is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name northern linanthus.

Leptosiphon serrulatus is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Madera linanthus. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the chaparral and woodlands in the Sierra Nevada foothills, from Madera to Kern Counties.

References

  1. ↑ Goodwillie, Carol (1999). "MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF SELF‐COMPATIBILITY INLINANTHUSSECTIONLEPTOSIPHON(POLEMONIACEAE): PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FROM INTERNAL‐TRANSCRIBED‐SPACER SEQUENCE DATA". Evolution. 53 (5): 1387–1395. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05403.x . ISSN   0014-3820.
  2. ↑ Goodwillie, Carol; Ness, Jennifer M. (June 2013). "Interactions of hybridization and mating systems: A case study in Leptosiphon (Polemoniaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 100 (6): 1002–1013. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200616. ISSN   0002-9122.


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