Giliastrum
Giliastrum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Genus: | Giliastrum (Brand) Rydb. |
Giliastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polemoniaceae.[1]
Its native range is Central USA (found in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas) to Dominican Republic, Mexico and north-western Argentina.[1]
The genus name of Giliastrum is in honour of Filippo Luigi Gilii (1756–1821), an Italian clergyman, naturalist and astronomer who worked in part in the Vatican City,[2] and it was first described and published in Fl. Rocky Mts. on page 699 in 1917.[1]
Known species, according to Kew;[1]
- (A.Gray) Rydb.
- J.M.Porter
- (Gillies ex Benth.) J.M.Porter
- (B.L.Turner) J.M.Porter
- (Benth.) J.M.Porter
- (Brand) J.M.Porter
- (Shinners) J.M.Porter
- (Brandegee) J.M.Porter
- (Benth.) Rydb.
- (I.M.Johnst.) J.M.Porter
References[]
Categories:
- Polemoniaceae
- Polemoniaceae genera
- Plants described in 1917
- Garden plants
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Argentina
- Flora of the Dominican Republic