Dyschoriste
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| Dyschoriste | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Ruellieae |
| Genus: | Dyschoriste Nees[1] |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Calophanes D.Don | |
Dyschoriste is a genus of flowering plants in the acanthus 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 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 xylopoda Kobuski
References
- ↑ "Genus: Dyschoriste Nees". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
External links
Media related to Dyschoriste at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dyschoriste at Wikispecies
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