Ptilimnium

mock bishopweed
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ptilimnium
Raf.
Type species
Ptilimnium capillaceum
Synonyms[1]
  • Discopleura DC.
  • Harperella Rose
  • Harperia Rose 1905, illegitimate homonym, not W.Fitzg. 1904 (Restionaceae)

Ptilimnium is a group of plants of the family Apiaceae described as a genus in 1819.[2][1] The common name is "mock bishopweed" or "mock bishop's weed". It is endemic to the United States, primarily in the Southeast, the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the Lower Great Plains.[1][3]

accepted species[4]
  1. Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf. - SE + SC + NE USA
  2. Ptilimnium costatum Raf. - SC USA
  3. Ptilimnium fluviatile (Rose) Mathias - SE USA
  4. Ptilimnium nodosum (Rose) Mathias - Georgia, South Carolina
  5. Ptilimnium nuttallii (DC.) Britton - SC USA
  6. Ptilimnium texense J.M. Coult. & Rose - Texas, Louisiana, Florida
  7. Ptilimnium viviparum (Rose) Mathias - Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tropicos, Ptilimnium Raf.
  2. ↑ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1819 American Monthly Magazine 4: 192
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  4. ↑ The Plant List, search for Ptilimnium