Blennosperma
| stickyseeds | |
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| Blennosperma nanum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Blennosperma Less. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Blennosperma is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.[2][3] They are known commonly as stickyseeds; indeed, the name Blennosperma is Greek for "slimy seed."[4][5]
- Species[1]
- Blennosperma bakeri - Baker's stickyseed - California
- Blennosperma chilense - Chilean stickyseed - Chile (Provinces of Maule, O'Higgins, Valparaíso)
- Blennosperma cretacea - southern Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
- Blennosperma nanum - glueseed - California
References
- 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis 267 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Blennosperma Less.
- ↑ Ornduff, R. 1964. Biosystematics of Blennosperma (Compositae). Brittonia 16: 289–295.
- ↑ Flora of North America Blennosperma Lessing, Syn. Gen. Compos. 267. 1832.
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