Biology:Sairocarpus

Short description: Genus of plants

Sairocarpus
Sairocarpus cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Tribe:	Antirrhineae
Genus:	Sairocarpus D.A.Sutton
Type species
Sairocarpus nuttallianus (Benth.) D.A.Sutton

Sairocarpus is a genus of the family Plantaginaceae, and is one of a group of plants commonly known as 'snapdragons'. It has ten accepted species and is being considered to include many species formerly considered as New World species of Antirrhinum.

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of October 2022:

• Sairocarpus cornutus (Benth.) D.A.Sutton
• Sairocarpus costatus (Wiggins) D.A.Sutton
• Sairocarpus coulterianus (Benth.) D.A.Sutton
• Sairocarpus kingii (S.Watson) D.A.Sutton
• Sairocarpus multiflorus D.A.Sutton
• Sairocarpus nuttallianus (Benth.) D.A.Sutton
• Sairocarpus subcordatus (A.Gray) D.A.Sutton
• Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus (Kellogg) D.A.Sutton
• Sairocarpus virga (A.Gray) D.A.Sutton
• Sairocarpus watsonii (Vasey & Rose) D.A.Sutton

Bibliography

• Vargas P, JA Rosselló, R Oyama, J Güemes. 2004 Molecular evidence for naturalness of genera in the tribe Antirrhineae (Scrophulariaceae) and three independent evolutionary lineages from the New World and the Old. Plant Syst Evol 249:151–172.

External links

• Calflora Images

Wikidata ☰ Q9072716 entry