Sairocarpus

Sairocarpus
Sairocarpus cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Phylum:	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Tribe:	Antirrhineae
Genus:	Sairocarpus D.A. Sutton
Type species
Sairocarpus nuttallianus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton

Sairocarpus is a genus of the family Plantaginaceae, and is one of a group of plants commonly known as 'snapdragons'. It has twelve accepted species^[1] and is being considered to include many species formerly considered as New World species of Antirrhinum.^[2]

Taxonomy

Selected species include;

• Sairocarpus cornutus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton - Spurred snapdragon
• Sairocarpus costatus (Wiggins) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus coulterianus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton - Coulter's snapdragon
• Sairocarpus kingii (S. Watson) D.A. Sutton - Least snapdragon
• Sairocarpus multiflorus (Pennell) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus nuttallianus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus subcordatus (A. Gray) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus (Kellogg) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus virga (A. Gray) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus watsonii (Vasey & Rose) D.A. Sutton

References

1. The Plant List
2. Barringer K. 2013. New combinations in Sairocarpus (Plantaginaceae). Phytoneuron 2013-34: 1–3.

Bibliography

• Vargas P, JA Rosselló, R Oyama, J Güemes. 2004 Molecular evidence for naturalness of genera in the tribe Antirrhineae (Scrophulariaceae) and three independent evolutionary lineages from the New World and the Old. Plant Syst Evol 249:151–172.

External links

• Calflora Images