Triodanis
| Triodanis | |
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| Triodanis perfoliata Clasping Venus' Looking-glass | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Triodanis Raf. ex Greene |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 include:
- Triodanis biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene - small Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North America
- 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 texana McVaugh - Texas Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas
References
- 1 2 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
- ↑ "Triodanis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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