Triodanis
| Triodanis | |
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| Triodanis perfoliata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Campanuloideae |
| Genus: | Triodanis Raf. (1838) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Triodanis is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae, native to North and South America.[1][2][3] Venus' looking-glass is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]
Species
[edit]Six species are accepted.[5]
- Triodanis coloradoensis (Buckley) McVaugh - Colorado Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas despite the name
- Triodanis holzingeri McVaugh - Holzinger's Venus' looking-glass - Great Plains plus Arizona and Tennessee
- Triodanis lamprosperma McVaugh - Prairie Venus' looking-glass - southern Great Plains
- Triodanis leptocarpa (Nutt.) Nieuwl. - Slimpod Venus' looking-glass - Great Plains
- Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuwl. - Clasping Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North and South America from Canada to Argentina; naturalized in China, Korea, Australia
- Triodanis perfoliata subsp. biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Lammers (synonym Triodanis biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene) - small Venus' looking-glass - United States and northern Mexico; Colombia to southern Argentina
- Triodanis perfoliata subsp. perfoliata – Canada to Guatemala
- Triodanis texana McVaugh - Texas Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Species
- ^ Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Triodanis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "Triodanis Raf". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
External links
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