Sairocarpus

Sairocarpus
	Sairocarpus cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Tribe:	Antirrhineae
Genus:	Sairocarpus; D.A. Sutton
Type species
	Sairocarpus nuttallianus; (Benth.) D.A. Sutton

Sairocarpus is a genus of the family Plantaginaceae, and is one of a group of plants commonly known as 'snapdragons'. It has twelve accepted species^[1] and is being considered to include many species formerly considered as New World species of Antirrhinum.^[2]

Taxonomy

Selected species include;

Sairocarpus cornutus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton - Spurred snapdragon
Sairocarpus costatus (Wiggins) D.A. Sutton
Sairocarpus coulterianus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton - Coulter's snapdragon
Sairocarpus kingii (S. Watson) D.A. Sutton - Least snapdragon
Sairocarpus multiflorus (Pennell) D.A. Sutton
Sairocarpus nuttallianus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton
Sairocarpus subcordatus (A. Gray) D.A. Sutton
Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus (Kellogg) D.A. Sutton
Sairocarpus virga (A. Gray) D.A. Sutton
Sairocarpus watsonii (Vasey & Rose) D.A. Sutton

References

^ The Plant List
^ Barringer K. 2013. New combinations in Sairocarpus (Plantaginaceae). Phytoneuron 2013-34: 1–3. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

Vargas P, JA Rosselló, R Oyama, J Güemes. 2004 Molecular evidence for naturalness of genera in the tribe Antirrhineae (Scrophulariaceae) and three independent evolutionary lineages from the New World and the Old. Plant Syst Evol 249:151–172.

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[1] The Plant List

[Barringer-2] Barringer K. 2013. New combinations in Sairocarpus (Plantaginaceae). Phytoneuron 2013-34: 1–3. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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