Triodanis
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Triodanis perfoliata Clasping Venus' Looking-glass | |
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Genus: | Triodanis |
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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
- ^ a b 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
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Triodanis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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