Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Polemonioideae
Tribus: Phlocideae
Genus: Leptosiphon
Species: L. acicularis – L. ambiguus – L. androsaceus – L. bicolor – L. bolanderi – L. breviculus – L. chrysanthus – L. ciliatus – L. croceus – L. filipes – L. floribundus – L. grandiflorus – L. harknessii – L. jepsonii – L. latisectus – L. lemmonii – L. liniflorus – L. montanus – L. nudatus – L. nuttallii – L. oblanceolatus – L. pachyphyllus – L. parviflorus – L. pusillus – L. pygmaeus – L. rattanii – L. rosaceus – L. septentrionalis – L. serrulatus

Name

Leptosiphon Benth. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: sub pl. 1622. (1833)

• Type species: Leptosiphon androsaceus Benth. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: sub pl. 1622. (1833)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Dactylophyllum Spach in Hist. Nat. Vég. 9: 108 (1840)
  • Linanthastrum Ewan in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 32: 139 (1942)
  • Siphonella A.Heller in Muhlenbergia 7: 57 (1912), nom. illeg. homonym. post.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan Regionalː Western USA Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming Regionalː Mexico Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest Continental: Southern America Regionalː Western South America Chile Central Introduced into: Germany, Pennsylvania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1833. Edwards's Botanical Register 19: sub pl. 1622.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page. 
• Hankamp, P., Bell, C.D. & Patterson, R. 2016. Towards A Complete Species Level Phylogeny of Leptosiphon (Polemoniaceae). Madroño 63(3): 208–219. DOI: 10.3120/0024-9637-63.3.208 Reference page. 
• Porter, J.M. & Johnson, L.A. 2000. A phylogenetic classification of Polemoniaceae. Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany 19(1): 55–91. DOI: 10.5642/aliso.20001901.06 Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Porter, J.M. & Patterson, R.W. 2014. A Fistful of Polemoniaceae: New Names and Combinations. Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany 32(2): 55–88. DOI: 10.5642/aliso.20143202.02.02 Full text PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Leptosiphon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 March 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Leptosiphon. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 20 2016. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Leptosiphon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Oct. 2016. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• مصرى: ليبتوسيفون
• 中文: 福禄麻属

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