Camissonia

Camissonia strigulosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Onagraceae
Subfamilia: Onagroideae
Tribus: Onagreae
Genus: Camissonia
Species: C. benitensis – C. campestris – C. contorta – C. dentata – C. dominguez-escalantorum – C. integrifolia – C. kernensis – C. lacustris – C. parvula – C. pubens – C. pusilla – C. sierrae – C. strigulosa

Name

Camissonia Link, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(1): 186. (1818)

• Type species: Camissonia dentata Reiche, Anales Univ. Chile 98: 482. (1897) et Reiche, Flora de Chile, 2: 264. (1898) originally designated as synonym Camissonia flava Link, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(1): 186. (1818)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Camissonia sect. Sphaerostigma (Ser.) Raven, Brittonia 16: 284. (1964)
    • Type species: Oenothera dentata Cavanilles [=Camissonia dentata (Cavanilles) Reiche] designated by Raven, Brittonia 16: 280. (1964)
• Heterotypic
  • Oenothera sect. Sphaerostigma Ser. in DC., Prodr. 3: 46. (1828)
  • Sphaerostigma (Ser.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Index Sem. Hortus Bot. Petrop. 2: 49. (1836)
    • Type species: non design.
  • Oenothera [unranked] Sphaerostigma (Ser.) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 508. (1840)
    • Type species: non design.
  • Oenothera subg. Sphaerostigma (Ser.) Jepson ex Munz, Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 85: 234. (1928)
    • Type species: non design.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South Regional: Western South America Chile Central, Chile North, Peru Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming Regional: Canada British Columbia Regional: Western USA California, Oregon, Washington Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Link, H.F. 1818. Jahrbücher der Gewächskunde. Berlin and Leipzig 1(1): 186.

Additional references

• Wagner, W.L., Hoch, P.C. & Raven, P.H. 2007. Revised Classification of the Onagraceae. Systematic Botany Monographs 83: 1–240. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Camissonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Camissonia. Published online. Accessed: October 07 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Camissonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Camissonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 October 2024.
• Wagner, W.L. & Hoch, P.C. 2005-. Camissonia in: Onagraceae, The Evening Primrose Family website

Vernacular names

مصرى: كاميسونيا
беларуская: Камисония
English: suncup
suomi: Auringonpikarit
മലയാളം: കാമിസോണിയ
русский: Камиссония
svenska: Strandnattljussläktet
中文: 待晖草属

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