Polyctenium
| Polyctenium | |
|---|---|
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| Desert Combleaf flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Polyctenium Greene |
| Species | |
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Polyctenium fremontii | |
Polyctenium is a genus of flowering plants in the mustard family, native to the Great Basin region of the Western United States. [1]
The plants are known by the common name combleaf,[2] owing to the resemblance of their deeply lobed leaves to a comb.
Species
There are two species within the genus:
- Polyctenium williamsiae — Washoe combleaf; quite rare and is specially protected in Nevada. Found in the Washoe Valley playas of the Virginia Range. [3]
- Polyctenium fremontii — Desert combleaf; more common species, found in the Great Basin habitats of northeastern California, southeast Oregon, southwest Idaho, and northwest Nevada. [4]
References
- ↑ ITIS Report: Polyctenium . accessed 5.5.2014
- ↑ "Polyctenium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile: Polyctenium williamsiae
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile: Polyctenium fremontii
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