Ehrendorferia
Ehrendorferia | |
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Ehrendorferia chrysantha (type species) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Papaveraceae |
Subfamily: | Fumarioideae |
Tribe: | Fumarieae |
Subtribe: | Corydalinae |
Genus: | Ehrendorferia T. Fukuhara & Lidén |
Synonyms | |
Dicentra subg. Chrysocapnos |
Ehrendorferia (eardrops) is a genus of two species of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants native to wildfire-prone areas of California and the Baja California peninsula. It was named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[1]
Species
[edit]There are two species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Ehrendorferia chrysantha (W. J. Hooker & G. Arnott) J. Rylander | Golden Eardrops | California, and in Baja California. |
![]() | Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (G. Engelmann) T. Fukuhara | white eardrops or yellow bleeding-heart | California (Peninsular, Transverse, and southern Coast Ranges) and in Baja California. |
References
[edit]- ^ Magnus Lidén; Tatsundo Fukuhara; Johan Rylander; Bengt Oxelman (1997). "Phylogeny and classification of Fumariaceae, with emphasis on Dicentra s. l., based on the plastid gene rps16 intron". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 206 (1–4): 411–420. Bibcode:1997PSyEv.206..411L. doi:10.1007/BF00987960.
External links
[edit]Media related to Ehrendorferia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ehrendorferia at Wikispecies