Biology:Collinsia
| Collinsia | |
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| Purple Chinese houses (Collinsia heterophylla) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Collinsia Nutt. |
| Species | |
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About 20, see text | |
Collinsia is a genus of about 20 species of annual flowering plants, consisting of the blue eyed Marys[1] and the Chinese houses. It was traditionally placed in the snapdragon family Scrophulariaceae, but following recent research in molecular genetics, it has now been placed in a much enlarged family Plantaginaceae.
The genus is endemic to North America, and is named in honor of Zacchaeus Collins, a Philadelphia botanist of the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century. Many of the 20 species may be found in California .
Two species, Collinsia parviflora (smallflower blue eyed Mary) and Collinsia violacea (violet blue eyed Mary), had medicinal uses among American Indian peoples.
Species include:
- Collinsia antonina
- Collinsia bartsiifolia
- Collinsia callosa
- Collinsia childii
- Collinsia concolor
- Collinsia corymbosa
- Collinsia grandiflora
- Collinsia greenei
- Collinsia heterophylla
- Collinsia linearis
- Collinsia multicolor
- Collinsia parryi
- Collinsia parviflora
- Collinsia parvula
- Collinsia rattanii
- Collinsia sparsiflora
- Collinsia tinctoria
- Collinsia torreyi
- Collinsia verna
- Collinsia violacea
References
- ↑ "Collinsia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=COLLI. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1828247 entry
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