Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon
Leptosiphon aureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Leptosiphon Benth. (1833)
Species [1]
32; see text
Synonyms [1]
DactylophyllumSpach (1840) LinanthastrumEwan (1942) SiphonellaA.Heller (1912), nom. illeg.

Leptosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family. ^{[2] [3]} Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus Linanthus . Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plants.

Species

32 species are accepted. ^[1]

• Leptosiphon acicularis Jeps. - bristly linanthus
• Leptosiphon ambiguus (Rattan) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - serpentine linanthus
• Leptosiphon androsaceus Benth. - false babystars
• Leptosiphon bicolor Nutt. - true babystars
• Leptosiphon bolanderi (A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Bolander's linanthus
• Leptosiphon breviculus (A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Mojave linanthus
• Leptosiphon chrysanthus J.M.Porter
• Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. - whiskerbrush
• Leptosiphon croceus (Eastw.) Strother & Kersh
• Leptosiphon filipes (Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - thread linanthus
• Leptosiphon floribundus (A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - manyflower linanthus
• Leptosiphon grandiflorus Benth. - largeflower linanthus
• Leptosiphon harknessii (Curran) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Harkness flaxflower
• Leptosiphon jamauensis (Moran) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
• Leptosiphon jepsonii (Schemske & Goodw.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Jepson's linanthus
• Leptosiphon latisectus (E.G.Buxton) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Coast Range linanthus
• Leptosiphon laxus (Vasey & Rose) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
• Leptosiphon lemmonii (A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Lemmon's linanthus
• Leptosiphon liniflorus (Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - narrowflower flaxflower
• Leptosiphon melingii (Wiggins) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
• Leptosiphon montanus (Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - mustang clover
• Leptosiphon nudatus (Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Tehachapi linanthus
• Leptosiphon nuttallii (A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Nuttall's linanthus
• Leptosiphon oblanceolatus (Brand) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Sierra Nevada linanthus
• Leptosiphon pachyphyllus (R.Patt.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Sierra linanthus
• Leptosiphon parviflorus Benth. - variable linanthus (synonym Leptosiphon aureus - golden linanthus)
• Leptosiphon pusillus (Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
• Leptosiphon pygmaeus (Brand) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - pygmy linanthus
• Leptosiphon rattanii (A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Rattan linanthus
• Leptosiphon rosaceus (Hook.f.) Battaglia
• Leptosiphon septentrionalis (H.Mason) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - northern linanthus
• Leptosiphon serrulatus (Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Madera linanthus

References

1. Leptosiphon Benth. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 17 April 2024.
2. 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. PMID   28565552.
3. 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. PMID   23507735.