Blennosperma
Blennosperma is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.[2][3] They are known commonly as stickyseeds; the name Blennosperma is Greek for "slimy seed."[4][5]
- Species[1]
- Blennosperma bakeri - Baker's stickyseed - California
- Blennosperma chilense - Chilean stickyseed - Chile (Provinces of Maule, O'Higgins, Valparaíso)
- Blennosperma cretacea - southern Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
- Blennosperma nanum - glueseed - California
Stickyseeds | |
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Blennosperma nanum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Senecioneae |
Genus: | Blennosperma Less. |
Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis 267 in Latin
- Tropicos, Blennosperma Less.
- Ornduff, R. 1964. Biosystematics of Blennosperma (Compositae). Brittonia 16: 289–295.
- Flora of North America Blennosperma Lessing, Syn. Gen. Compos. 267. 1832.
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