''Sairocarpus'' is a genus of the family
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family or veronica family, is a large, diverse family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as Antirrhinum, snapdragon and Digitalis, foxglove. It is unrelated ...
, 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 in the Plantaginaceae family, commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They ...
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Species
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
as of October 2022:[
*'']Sairocarpus cornutus
''Sairocarpus cornutus'', synonym ''Antirrhinum cornutum'', is an uncommon species of New World flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, known by the common name spurred snapdragon.
It is endemic to northern California, where it grows in th ...
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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
''Sairocarpus coulterianus'' ( syn. ''Antirrhinum coulterianum'') is a species of New World snapdragon known by the common name Coulter's snapdragon. Anterrhinum coulterianum is a host species for the Edith's checkerspot butterfly.
Distribution
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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
''Sairocarpus multiflorus'' ( syn. ''Antirrhinum multiflorum'') is a species of New World snapdragon known by the common name Sierra snapdragon or multi-flowered snapdragon.
It is endemic to California, where it is known from the central Coast R ...
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*''Sairocarpus nuttallianus
''Sairocarpus nuttallianus'', commonly known as Nuttall's snapdragon or violet snapdragon, is a species of New World snapdragon
''Antirrhinum'' is a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae family, commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdrago ...
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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
''Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus'' (syn. ''Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum'') is a species of New World snapdragon found only in California and occasionally Oregon. ''
*''Sairocarpus virga
''Sairocarpus virga'' ( syn. ''Antirrhinum 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''
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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