Boykinia
| Boykinia | |
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| Boykinia occidentalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | Boykinia (nom. cons.)[1] Nutt.[1] |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Boykinia is a small genus of plants related to the saxifrages. It contains at least nine species, known as brookfoams. Brookfoams are glandular rhizomatous creeping perennials with highly lobed or toothed leaves and inflorescences of petite flowers. They are native to North America and Asia.
Selected species
Common names, if any, appear next to the species in gray.
- B. aconitifolia Nutt. (type) – Allegheny brookfoam
- B. heucheriformis (Rydb.) Rosend.
- B. intermedia (A.Heller) G.N.Jones – Sierra brookfoam
- B. jamesii (Torr.) Engl.
- B. lycoctonifolia (Maxim.) Engl.
- B. major A.Gray – large boykinia
- B. occidentalis Torr. & A.Gray – coastal brookfoam
- B. richardsonii (Hook.) A.Gray ex B.D.Jacks. – Richardson's brookfoam
- B. rotundifolia Parry ex A.Gray – roundleaf brookfoam
- List source :[3]
External links
- 1 2 The genus Boykinia, as well as the type B. aconitifolia were originally described and published in Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(1): 113–114. 1834. "Name - !Boykinia Nutt.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). Retrieved February 1, 2013.
nom. cons.; Type Specimens: T: Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.
- ↑ "Name - !Boykinia Nutt. synonyms". Tropicos. MOBOT. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
- ↑ "TPL, treatment of Boykinia Nutt.". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
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