Oxypolis
Appearance
Oxypolis | |
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Oxypolis rigidior | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Subfamily: | Apioideae |
Tribe: | Oenantheae |
Genus: | Oxypolis Raf. |
Oxypolis is a small genus of North American flowering plants in the carrot family known as cowbane, water dropwort, dropwort, hog-fennel, and pig-potato.[1][2][3] As of 2020[update], Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts four species in the genus Oxypolis:
- Oxypolis fendleri (A.Gray) A.Heller
- Oxypolis occidentalis J.M.Coult. & Rose
- Oxypolis rigidior (L.) Raf.
- Oxypolis ternata (Nutt.) A.Heller
References
[edit]- ^ "Oxypolis Raf". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Brouillet L, Desmet P, Coursol F, Meades SJ, Favreau M, Anions M, Bélisle P, Gendreau C, Shorthouse D, et al. (2010). "Oxypolis rigidior (Linnaeus) Rafinesque". Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill