Blennosperma

Genus of flowering plants

Stickyseeds
Blennosperma nanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Blennosperma
Less.
Synonyms[1]
  • Apalus DC.
  • Coniothele DC.

Blennosperma is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.[2][3] They are known commonly as stickyseeds; the name Blennosperma is Greek for "slimy seed."[4][5]

Species[1]
  • Blennosperma bakeri - Baker's stickyseed - California
  • Blennosperma chilense - Chilean stickyseed - Chile (Provinces of Maule, O'Higgins, Valparaíso)
  • Blennosperma cretacea - southern Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
  • Blennosperma nanum - glueseed - California

References

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis 267 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Blennosperma Less.
  4. ^ Ornduff, R. 1964. Biosystematics of Blennosperma (Compositae). Brittonia 16: 289–295.
  5. ^ Flora of North America Blennosperma Lessing, Syn. Gen. Compos. 267. 1832.

External links

  • USDA Plants Profile
Taxon identifiers
Blennosperma


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