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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Tecopa Bird's Beak, Tecopa Bird's-Beak, Tecopa Bird'sbeak
Description
Family Orobanchaceae
Herbs annual
, biennial, or perennial
parasites, without chlorophyll. Stems unbranched or sometimes branched. Leaves scalelike, spirally or subimbricately arranged. Inflorescences racemose, spicate
, or subcapitate
, rarely 1-flowered; bract 1, usually similar to leaves; bractlets
2, adnate
to base
of calyx or pedicel. Flowers bisexual
, subsessile
or pedicelled. Calyx tubular, cupular, or campanulate
, (3 or) 4-6-lobed, 2-6-parted, 6-toothed, or spathelike, sometimes absent or of 3 free
sepals. Corolla bilabiate, usually curved
, sometimes tubular-campanulate or funnelform
with 5 subequal
lobes
; upper lip entire, emarginate
, or 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous
, inserted
at base of corolla tube
; filaments
slender; anthers
2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally, sometimes 1 cell
fertile
and another sterile
or reduced to spur. Pistil 2- or 3-carpellate; ovary superior; placentas 2-4 or 6(-10), parietal
or sometimes axile
at ovary base; ovules 2-4 or numerous
, anatropous
. Style long; stigma inflated
, discoid
, peltate, or 2-4-lobed. Capsule usually dehiscing loculicidally by 2 or 3(or 4) valves
. Seeds minute, testa pitted
or reticulate
.
About 15 genera and 150 species: North Temperate regions
, less represented in Africa, America, Asia, and Australia; nine genera and 42 species (nine endemic) in China.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Annual
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Orobanchaceae
()
- Ventenat, 1799
- broomrape
- Genus:
Cordylanthus
()
- Nuttall ex Bentham, in Alph. de Candolle, 1846, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
tecopensis
- Munz & Roos
- Botanical name: - Cordylanthus tecopensis Munz & Roos
- Specific epithet:
tecopensis
- Munz & Roos
- Genus:
Cordylanthus
(
- Family:
Orobanchaceae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cordylanthus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 57 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. eremicus (Desert Bird's-Beak) · C. eremicus eremicus (Cluster Bird'sbeak) · C. eremicus kernensis (Kern Plateau Bird's-Beak) · C. eremicus subsp. kernensis (Kern Plateau Bird's-Beak) · C. kingii densiflorus (King's Bird's-Beak) · C. kingii helleri (Heller's Bird's-Beak) · C. kingii subsp. densiflorus (King's Bird's-Beak) · C. kingii subsp. helleri (Heller's Bird's-Beak) · C. laxiflorus (Nodding Bird's Beak) · C. maritimus (Salt Marsh Bird's Beak) · C. maritimus maritimus (Salt Marsh Bird's-Beak) · C. maritimus palustris (Saltmarsh Bird'sbeak) · C. maritimus palustris var. occidentalis (Pt. Reyes Bird's-Beak) · C. maritimus subsp. canescens (Saltmarsh Bird's-Beak) · C. maritimus subsp. palustris (Pt. Reyes Bird's-Beak) · C. mollis (Soft Bird's-Beak) · C. mollis hispidus (Hispid Bird's-Beak) · C. mollis mollis (Soft Bird's-Beak) · C. mollis subsp. hispidus (Hispid Bird's-Beak) · C. nevinii (Nevin Bird's-Beak) · C. nidularius (Procumbent Bird's-Beak) · C. orcuttianus (Orcutt Bird's-Beak) · C. palmatus (Palmate-Bracted Bird's Beak) · C. parviflorus (Purple Bird's-Beak) · C. pilosus (Hairy Bird's Beak) · C. pilosus trifidus (Hairy Bird's-Beak) · C. pilosus subsp. hansenii (Hansen's Bird's Beak) · C. pilosus subsp. trifidus (Hairy Bird's Beak) · C. pringlei (Pringle Bird's-Beak) · C. ramosus (Busby Bird's-Beak) · C. rigidus (Stiff Birds-Beak) · C. rigidus rigidus (Seaside Bird's Beak) · C. rigidus setigerus (Stiffbranch Bird's Beak) · C. rigidus subsp. brevibracteatus (Stiffbranch Bird's Beak) · C. rigidus subsp. littoralis (Seaside Bird's Beak) · C. rigidus subsp. setigerus (Stiffbranch Bird's Beak) · C. tecopensis (Tecopa Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis (Slender Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis barbatus (Fresno County Bird's-Beak) · C. tenuis brunneus (Serpentine Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis capillaris (Pennell Bird's-Beak) · C. tenuis capillaris var. ceranoides (Pennell's Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis capillaris var. crustaceum (Pennell's Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis pallescens (Pallid Bird's-Beak) · C. tenuis tenuis (Slender Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis viscidus (Slender Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis subsp. barbatus (Fresno County Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis subsp. brunneus (Serpentine Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis subsp. capillaris (Pennell's Bird's-Beak) · C. tenuis subsp. pallescens (Pallid Bird's Beak) · C. tenuis subsp. viscidus (Slender Bird's Beak) · C. wrightii (Wright Bird's-Beak) · C. wrightii kaibabensis (Wright Bird's-Beak) · C. wrightii tenuifolius (Slender-Leaf Bird's-Beak) · C. wrightii wrightii (Wright Bird's-Beak) · C. wrightii subsp. kaibabensis (Kaibab Bird's Beak) · C. wrightii subsp. tenuifolius (Wright's Bird's Beak)
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Further Reading
- Zhang Zhiyun. 1990. Orobanchaceae. In: Wang Wentsai, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 69: 69-124.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2655924
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-33575
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 33575
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSCR0J0Q0
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: COTE2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 30272
Footnotes
- Zhi-Yun Zhang & Nikolai N. Tzvelev "Orobanchaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 229. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
