Bartsia

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Bartsia
Bartsia alpina
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Bartsia

Bartsia trixago
Bartsia chilensis

Bartsia is a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family, Orobanchaceae.

In 1990, the genus was revised to contain 49 species; 45 of them are endemic to the Andes.[1] The most familiar species might be the well-studied Bartsia alpina, which has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout northern regions of the Northern Hemisphere.[2] There are also two African species. These two plants, B. alpina, and the many Andean species are three distinct lineages, making the genus polyphyletic.[3] Accepted species names include:[4]

References

  1. ^ Molau, V. (1990). The genus Bartsia (Scrophulariaceae-Rhinanthoideae). Opera Botanica 102 5-99.
  2. ^ Taylor, K. and F. J. Rumsey. (2003). Bartsia alpina L. Journal of Ecology 91(5), 908-21.
  3. ^ Uribe-Convers, S. and D. Tank. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Bartsia L. (Orobanchaceae): a mostly South American genus wrapped in a European Clade. Presentation abstract. Botany 2010. Providence, Rhode Island. August 4, 2010.
  4. ^ Bartsia. The Plant List.