Common Names
Common Names in English:
Coast Indian Paintbrush, Lay and Collie's Indian-Paintbrush
Description
Genus Castilleja
Herbs, annuals
or perennials
, rarely shrubs
, hemiparasitic. Spikes or racemes
terminal
; bracts leaflike, often broader than leaves, variously colored
, entire
or lobed
. Calyx tubular
, base
often gibbous
abaxially, 2- or 4-lobed, median
clefts
usually deeper than lateral
. Corolla tube
included
in calyx; limb conspicuously 2-lipped; lower lip short, patent
, 3-lobed; upper lip elongated, rostrate
apex entire. Stamens 4, didynamous
; anthers
enclosed by upper lip. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds numerous
, minute; seed coat
transparent, foveolate.
About 200 species: mainly in W North America, about ten species in N Asia and E Europe; one species in China."Castilleja". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 89. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Scrophulariales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Subfamily:
Rhinanthoideae
()
- Tribe:
Rhinantheae
()
- Genus:
Castilleja
()
- Mutis ex Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 47. 1781.
- Indian Paintbrush
- Specific epithet:
affinis
- Hook. & Arn.
- Subspecies:
affinis
- Botanical name: - Castilleja affinis affinis Hook. & Arn.
- Subspecies:
affinis
- Specific epithet:
affinis
- Hook. & Arn.
- Genus:
Castilleja
(
- Tribe:
Rhinantheae
(
- Subfamily:
Rhinanthoideae
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Scrophulariales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Castilleja affinis Hooker and Arn.
Notes
Name verified on 01-Jun-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Castilleja
There are approximately 550 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
C. adenophora · C. affinis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis affinis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis insularis · C. affinis litoralis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis neglecta (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis subsp. litoralis · C. affinis subsp. neglecta · C. affinis var. linariaefolia · C. affinis var. minor · C. affins · C. agginis · C. agrestis · C. albobarbata · C. alpicola · C. altorum · C. ambigua (Ambiguous Indian Paintbrush) · C. ambigua humboldtiensis (Johnny-Nip) · C. ambigua insalutata · C. ambigua subsp. humboldtiensis · C. ambigua subsp. insalutata · C. ampliflora · C. anacapensis · C. andrewsii · C. angustata · C. angustiflolia · C. angustifolia (Desert Indian Paintbrush) · C. angustifolia abbreviata · C. angustifolia bradburii · C. angustifolia hispida · C. angustifolia subsp. abbreviata · C. angustifolia subsp. bradburii · C. angustifolia subsp. hispida · C. angustifolia var. abbreviata · C. angustifolia var. adenophora · C. angustifolia var. angustifolia (Northwestern Indian Paintbrush) · C. angustifolia var. collina · C. angustifolia var. flavescens (Narrow-Leaved Indian Paintbrush) · C. angustifolia var. subcinerea · C. annua (Annual Indian-Paintbrush) · C. anthemidifolia · C. applegatei (Applegates Paintbrush) · C. applegatei applegatei · C. applegatei applegatei var. applegatei · C. applegatei disticha · C. applegatei martinii · C. applegatei pallida · C. applegatei pinetorum · C. applegatei subsp. disticha · C. applegatei subsp. martinii · C. applegatei subsp. pallida · C. applegatei subsp. pinetorum · C. aquariensis (Aquarius Indian Paintbrush) · C. arachnoidea (Cobweb Paintbrush) · C. arachnoidea schizotricha · C. arapahoensis · C. arctica · C. arctica subsp. vorkutensis · C. arctica vorkutensis · C. arcuata · C. ardifera · C. arvensis (Field Indian Paintbrush) · C. aspera · C. attenuata (Attenuate Indian Paintbrush) · C. aurantiaca · C. aurea · C. auriculata · C. auriculata var. verecunda · C. austromontana (Rincon Indian Paintbrush) · C. bella · C. bennittii · C. bicolor · C. blumeri · C. brachyantha · C. brachyantha var. subinflata · C. bracteata · C. bradburii · C. breviflora · C. brevilobata brevilobata · C. brevistyla (Short-Style Owl's-Clover) · C. brooksii · C. brunnescens · C. bryanti · C. buffumii · C. campestris (Field Owl's-Clover) · C. campestris campestris · C. campestris subsp. succulenta · C. campestris succulenta (Fleshy Owl's-Clover) · C. camporum · C. candens · C. canescens · C. carterae · C. caudata (Port Clarence Indian Paintbrush) · C. caudata var. auricoma (Port Clarence Indian Paintbrush) · C. caudata var. caudata · C. cerroana · C. cervina (Deer Indian Paintbrush) · C. chambersii · C. chiapensis · C. chiriquiensis
Bibliography
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
- Tsoong Puchiu & Yang Hanbi, eds. 1979. Scrophulariaceae (1). Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 1-431. Tsoong Puchiu, ed. 1963. Scrophulariaceae (2). Fl. Reipulb. Popularis Sin. 68: 1-449.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 03, 2008)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2813855
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-525149
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13902291
- GRIN Nomen Number: 453249
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSCR0D011
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 166227
