Biology:Tropidocarpum californicum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tropidocarpum californicum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Tropidocarpum
Species:
T. californicum
Binomial name
Tropidocarpum californicum
(Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz
Synonyms

Twisselmannia californica Al-Shehbaz

Tropidocarpum californicum, the king's gold,[1] is a plant species endemic to a small region in California . It is known from only Kern and King counties in the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley.[2]

Tropidocarpum californicum is an ascending or decumbent herb up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are up to 6 cm long, getting smaller the further up the stem. Flowers are yellow. fruits triangular.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. "Twisselmannia californica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TWCA. Retrieved 12 December 2015. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Tropidocarpum californicum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250095087. 
  3. Garden., Missouri Botanical (1 January 2003). Novon. v. 13 2003. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/643563#page/393/mode/1up. Retrieved 16 January 2017. 
  4. Garden., Missouri Botanical (1 January 1999). Novon. v. 9 1999. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/640864#page/133/mode/1up. Retrieved 16 January 2017. 
  5. Al-Shehbaz, I. A. and R. A. Price. 2001. The Chilean Agallis and Californian Tropidocarpum (Brassicaceae) are congeneric. Novon 11: 292-293.
  6. Robinson, B. L. 1896. The fruit of Tropidocarpum. Erythea 4: 108-119.

Wikidata ☰ Q15550642 entry