Biology:Ehrendorferia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae

Ehrendorferia
Dicentra chrysantha 2004-05-17.jpg
Ehrendorferia chrysantha (type species)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Fumarioideae
Tribe: Fumarieae
Subtribe: Corydalinae
Genus: Ehrendorferia
T. Fukuhara & Lidén
Synonyms

Dicentra subg. Chrysocapnos

Ehrendorferia (eardrops) is a genus of two species of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants native to wildfire-prone areas of California and the Baja California peninsula. It was named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[1]

Species

There are two species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Dicentra chrysantha 2004-05-17.jpg Ehrendorferia chrysantha (W. J. Hooker & G. Arnott) J. Rylander Golden Eardrops California, and in Baja California.
Dicentraochroleuca.jpg Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (G. Engelmann) T. Fukuhara white eardrops or yellow bleeding-heart California (Peninsular, Transverse, and southern Coast Ranges) and in Baja California.

References

  1. Magnus Lidén; Tatsundo Fukuhara; Johan Rylander; Bengt Oxelman (1997). "Phylogeny and classification of Fumariaceae, with emphasis on Dicentra s. l., based on the plastid gene rps16 intron". Plant Systematics and Evolution 206 (1–4): 411–420. doi:10.1007/BF00987960. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2784712 entry