Dyschoriste
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Tribe: | Ruellieae |
Genus: | Dyschoriste Nees[1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Calophanes D.Don |
Dyschoriste is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.[2]
Etymology
The name comes from the Greek δυσ, poorly, and χωριστός, to split, in reference to the slightly lobed stigma.[3]
Selected species
- Dyschoriste angusta (A.Gray) Small – Pineland snakeherb
- Dyschoriste crenulata Kobuski – Wavyleaf snakeherb
- Dyschoriste hondurensis Leonard
- Dyschoriste decumbens (A.Gray) Kuntze – Spreading snakeherb
- Dyschoriste hirsutissima (Nees) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
- Dyschoriste humistrata (Michx.) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
- Dyschoriste jaliscensis Kobuski
- Dyschoriste linearis (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze – Narrowleaf snakeherb
- Dyschoriste oaxacensis Kobuski
- Dyschoriste oblongifolia (Michx.) Kuntze – Oblongleaf snakeherb[2][4]
- Dyschoriste rubiginosa Rama. & Wash. (D. angustifolia)
- Dyschoriste xylopoda Kobuski
References
- ^ "Genus: Dyschoriste Nees". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
- ^ a b "Dyschoriste". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
- ^ Thomas Everett; New York Botanical Garden (1981). The New York Botanical Garden illustrated encyclopedia of horticulture. Courier. p. 1154. ISBN 978-0-8240-7234-6.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Dyschoriste". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
External links
Media related to Dyschoriste at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dyschoriste at Wikispecies