Biology:Ptilimnium

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Short description: Genus of plants

Ptilimnium
Ptilimnium nuttallii.jpg
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Oenantheae
Genus: Ptilimnium
Raf.
Type species
Ptilimnium capillaceum
(Michx.) Raf.[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Discopleura DC.
  • Harperella Rose
  • Harperia Rose 1905, illegitimate homonym, not W.Fitzg. 1904 (Restionaceae)

Ptilimnium is a group of plants in the family Apiaceae described as a genus in 1819.[3][2] The common name is mock bishopweed[4] 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.[2][5]

Accepted species[6]
  1. Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf. - SE + SC + NE USA
  2. Ptilimnium costatum (Elliott) 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. lectotype designated by Coulter et J. N. Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 7: 118 (1900)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tropicos, Ptilimnium Raf.
  3. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1819 American Monthly Magazine 4: 192
  4. "Ptilimnium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PTILI. Retrieved 15 October 2015. 
  5. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  6. The Plant List, search for Ptilimnium

Wikidata ☰ Q7257044 entry