Agalinis

Agalinis
Agalinis tenuifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Tribe:
Genus:	Agalinis Raf.
Species
About 70; see text
Synonyms[1]
Chytra C.F.Gaertn. Gerardia Benth. Otophylla Benth. Tomanthera Raf. Virgularia Ruiz & Pav. Schizosepala G.M.Barroso

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White Agalanis purpurea

Agalinis (false foxglove) is a genus of about 70 species in North, Central, and South America that until recently was aligned with members of the family Scrophulariaceae.^[2] As a result of numerous molecular phylogenetic studies based on various chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) loci, it was shown to be more closely related to members of the Orobanchaceae. Agalinis species are hemiparasitic, which is a character that in part describes the Orobanchaceae.

The first detailed study of this genus began with Francis W. Pennell around 1908, and his earliest major publication of the North American members of this genus appeared in 1913. Dr. Judith Canne-Hilliker began to revise Pennell's treatment in 1977. Her taxonomic, anatomical, and developmental studies have greatly enhanced our understanding of this sometimes perplexing group. In particular, her studies of the seed surfaces using electron microscopy has shown that the seeds are diagnostic for delimiting species and has resulted in a realignment of Pennell's classification of the group. In the 1990s Gregg Dieringer investigated the reproductive ecology of several Agalinis spp., to include the self-incompatible and the autogamous bee-visited Agalinis skinneriana. Much remains to be studied in this regard, however.

One species of Agalinis, Agalinis acuta, is federally listed. This is mainly due to continued habitat loss within its historically known range. There are a number of species in North America that are ranked at the state and federal level. However, many of the species considered rare are ranked at the state level and represent species on the periphery of their range. There are a number of rare (and endemic) species that are not noted at the state or federal level, and the biogeography of this group in North America has yet to be studied in detail, and is poorly understood.

Species[]

	Agalinis acuta	sandplain false foxglove
		scaleleaf false foxglove
	Agalinis aspera	harsh stem false foxglove
	Agalinis auriculata	earleaf false foxglove
		Caddo false foxglove
		Leoncita false foxglove
		Osage false foxglove
	Agalinis divaricata	pineland false foxglove
		Edward's Plateau false foxglove
		tall false foxglove
		delicate false foxglove
		Florida false foxglove
	Agalinis gattingeri	Midwest false foxglove
		Georgia false foxglove
		Gulf Coastal Plain false foxglove
	Agalinis heterophylla	prairie false foxglove
		San Antonio false foxglove
	Agalinis itambensis
	Agalinis kingsii
		long-pediceled false foxglove
		perennial false foxglove
		saltmarsh false foxglove
		Navasota false foxglove
		Nova Scotia false foxglove
		variable false foxglove
		ridgestem false foxglove
	Agalinis paupercula	boreal false foxglove
		chattahoochee false foxglove
		savanna false foxglove
	Agalinis purpurea	purple false foxglove
		threadleaf false foxglove
	Agalinis skinneriana	Skinner's false foxglove
		clasping false foxglove
	Agalinis tenuifolia	slender false foxglove
		green false foxglove

^[3][4]

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