Plagiobothrys

Plagiobothrys is a genus of flowering plants known commonly as popcorn flowers. These are small herbaceous plants which bear tiny white or yellow flowers. Their fruits are nutlets. Although these plants are found predominantly in North America and South America, five species are known from Australia. Of the approximately 65 species described, more than 15 are endemic to California.

Plagiobothrys
Plagiobothrys jonesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Boraginoideae
Genus: Plagiobothrys
Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Type species
Plagiobothrys rufescens
Species

~65, See text.

Description

The inflorescence is coiled in bud, but generally elongates in fruit. The pedicels are generally 0–1 mm, and the flower is bisexual with the sepals fused below the middle.[3]

Etymology

The genus name, Plagiobothrys, is derived from Greek to mean "sideways pit" and describes the position of nutlet attachment scar.[3]

Selected species

References

  1. "Plagiobothrys". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Fischer, F.E.L. von & Meyer, C.A.A. von (1836). Fischer, F.E.L. von & Meyer, C.A.A. von (ed.). "Plagiobothrys". Index Seminum, Quae Hortus Botanicus Imperialis Petropolitanus Pro Mutua Commutatione Offert. 2: 21.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for PLAGIOBOTHRYS". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
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