''Sairocarpus'' is a genus of the family
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older ...
, 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
''Antirrhinum'' is a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers, snapdragons and dog flower because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are native to ...
''.[Barringer K. 2013. New combinations in Sairocarpus (Plantaginaceae). Phytoneuron 2013-34: 1–3.]
Species
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants ...
as of October 2022:[
*'']Sairocarpus cornutus
''Antirrhinum cornutum'' (syn. ''Sairocarpus cornutus'') is an uncommon species of New World snapdragon known by the common name spurred snapdragon.
It is endemic to northern California
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*''Sairocarpus costatus
''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 ''An ...
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*''Sairocarpus coulterianus
''Antirrhinum coulterianum'' (syn. ''Sairocarpus coulterianus'') is a species of New World snapdragon known by the common name Coulter's snapdragon.
Distribution
It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in desert ...
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*''Sairocarpus kingii
''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 ''An ...
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*''Sairocarpus multiflorus
''Antirrhinum multiflorum'' (syn. ''Sairocarpus multiflorus'') is a species of New World snapdragon known by the common name Sierra snapdragon.
It is endemic to California, where it is known from the central Coast Ranges, the Transverse Ranges, ...
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*''Sairocarpus nuttallianus
''Sairocarpus nuttallianus'', commonly known as Nuttall's snapdragon or violet snapdragon, is a species of New World snapdragon.
It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it can be found from the immediate coastline to the i ...
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*''Sairocarpus subcordatus
''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 ''An ...
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*''Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus
''Antirrhinum vexillo-calyculatum'' (syn. ''Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus'' (Kellogg) D.A. Sutton) is a species of New World snapdragon
''Antirrhinum'' is a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers, snapdragons and dog flower becaus ...
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*''Sairocarpus virga
''Antirrhinum virga'' (syn. ''Sairocarpus virga'') is a species of New World snapdragon known by the common name tall snapdragon.
It is endemic to the North Coast Ranges of northern California, where it grows in rocky chaparral, sometimes on se ...
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*''Sairocarpus watsonii
''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 ''An ...
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References
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.
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