Stemodia

Stemodia
Stemodia verticillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Gratioleae
Genus: Stemodia
L.
Species

~20, see text.
Synonyms

Chodaphyton Minod
Lendneria Minod
Poarium Desv. ex Ham.[1]

Stemodia is a genus of flowering plants in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. The roughly 20 species it contains are commonly known as twintips. They are found across the tropical Americas and into the subtropics. These perennials have toothed leaves and racemes of colorful flowers which are usually a shade of purple. This genus is sometimes placed in the families Scrophulariaceae or Gratiolaceae.[1] The generic name is derived from the Latin word stemodiacra, which means "stamens with two tips."[2]

Selected species

  • Stemodia coahuilensis – Coahuila twintip
  • Stemodia debilis[3]
  • Stemodia durantifolia (L.) Sw. – white woolly twintip
  • Stemodia flaccida[3]
  • Stemodia florulenta[3] W.R.Barker – Bluerod
  • Stemodia glabella[3] W.R.Barker – Bluerod
  • Stemodia grossa[3] – Marsh Stemodia
  • Stemodia kingii[3]
  • Stemodia lanata Sessé & Moc. ex Benth. – gray woolly twintip
  • Stemodia lathraia[3]
  • Stemodia linophylla[3]
  • Stemodia lythrifolia[3] – Bunu Bunu
  • Stemodia maritima L. – seaside twintip
  • Stemodia micrantha[3]
  • Stemodia pubescens[3]
  • Stemodia schottii Holz. – Rio Grande twintip
  • Stemodia tephropelina[3]
  • Stemodia verticillata (Mill.) Hassl. – whorled twintip
  • Stemodia viscosa[3] Roxb. – Pagurda[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Stemodia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11513. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
  2. ^ Wetherwax, Margriet. "Stemodia". Jepson Flora Project. University of California, Berkeley. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7578. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Stemodia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=STEMODIA. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  4. ^ "Stemodia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=34050. Retrieved 2010-08-03. 
  5. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Stemodia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11513. Retrieved 2010-08-03. 

External links

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Data related to Stemodia at Wikispecies