Dithyrea

Dithyrea (shieldpod) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae containing only one or two species.[1] The California shieldpod or spectacle-pod, Dithyrea californica, is an abundant and unique-looking herb native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The beach shieldpod, Dithyrea maritima, a rare plant found only on the coast of California and Baja California, is sometimes considered a subspecies of D. californica.[2]

Dithyrea
Dithyrea californica near Baker, CA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Dithyrea
Harv.
Species

1 or 2; see text

References
  1. Rollins, Reed C. (1958). "The Genetic Evaluation of a Taxonomic Character in Dithyrea (Cruciferae)". Rhodora. 60 (714): 145–152. ISSN 0035-4902. JSTOR 23306308.
  2. Aigner, Paul A (2004-03-01). "Ecological and genetic effects on demographic processes: pollination, clonality and seed production in Dithyrea maritima". Biological Conservation. 116 (1): 27–34. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00170-8. ISSN 0006-3207.
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