Ehrendorferia
| Ehrendorferia | |
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| Ehrendorferia chrysantha (type species) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Subfamily: | Fumarioideae |
| Tribe: | Fumarieae |
| Subtribe: | Corydalinae |
| Genus: | Ehrendorferia T. Fukuhara & Lidén |
| Synonyms | |
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Dicentra subg. Chrysocapnos | |
Ehrendorferia (eardrops) is a genus of two species of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants native to wildfire-prone areas of California and the Baja California peninsula. It was named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[1]
Species
There are two species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Ehrendorferia chrysantha (W. J. Hooker & G. Arnott) J. Rylander | Golden Eardrops | California, and in Baja California. |
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Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (G. Engelmann) T. Fukuhara | white eardrops or yellow bleeding-heart | California (Peninsular, Transverse, and southern Coast Ranges) and in Baja California. |
References
- ^ Magnus Lidén; Tatsundo Fukuhara; Johan Rylander; Bengt Oxelman (1997). "Phylogeny and classification of Fumariaceae, with emphasis on Dicentra s. l., based on the plastid gene rps16 intron". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 206 (1–4): 411–420. doi:10.1007/BF00987960.
External links
Media related to Ehrendorferia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ehrendorferia at Wikispecies
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