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Nemophila alata

Description

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Family Hydrophyllaceae

Herbs or shrubs , glabrous or pubescent , occasionally glandular , bristly , or thorny. Leaves alternate or opposite, occasionally in a basal rosette, simple or variously lobed or divided , without stipules. Inflorescences solitary flowers, cymose , or paniculate . Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , usually 5-merous, often showy. Calyx ± gamosepalous , sinuses sometimes appendaged. Corolla gamopetalous, campanulate , tubular , or rotate; lobes overlapping in bud. Stamens usually 5; filaments attached to corolla, often alternating with scalelike appendages ; anthers 2-locular, longitudinally dehiscent . Ovary superior, 1- or 2- (several) locular , with 2 parietal placentae; ovules few or numerous . Styles 1 or 2, usually lobed or divided; stigma capitate. Fruit a loculicidal capsule, rarely also septicidal or opening irregularly. Seeds usually with a sculptured or pitted coat ; endosperm enclosing a small embryo.

Eighteen to 22 genera and ca. 300 species: mostly in North and South America, with a few in Africa, Asia, and Australia; one genus with one species in China.Ruizheng Fang & Constance Lincoln "Hydrophyllaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 328. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Lamiidae () - Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
        Superorder: Solananae () - R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Boraginales () - Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Hydrophyllaceae () - R. Brown Ex Ker-Gawler, 1817 - Waterleaf Family
        Tribe: Hydrophylleae ()
        Genus: Nemophila () - Nuttall, 1822, nom. cons.
        Specific epithet: alata - Eastw.
        Botanical name: - Nemophila alata Eastw.

Unambiguous Synonyms

Nemophila alata Eastw., 1901

Notes

Publishing author : Eastw. Publication : Bull . Torrey Bot. Club 1901, 158.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Nemophila

There are approximately 150 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

N. alata · N. aphylla (Small-Flower Baby-Blue-Eyes) · N. arizonica · N. atomaria · N. auriculaeflora · N. aurita · N. aurita var. arizonica · N. austinae · N. bakeri · N. brandegei · N. breviflora (Baby Blueeyes) · N. coelestis · N. congdoni · N. congdonii · N. crambeoides · N. decumbens · N. densa · N. discoidalis · N. divaricata · N. diversifolia · N. eriocarpa · N. erodiifolia · N. erosa · N. evanescens · N. evermanni · N. exigua · N. exilis · N. exilis var. pulchella · N. explicata · N. fallax · N. flaccida · N. fremontii · N. glauca · N. gracilis · N. heterophylla (Small Baby Blue Eyes) · N. heterophylla subvar. tenera · N. heterophylla var. eu-heterophylla · N. heterophylla var. flaccida · N. heterophylla var. nemorensis · N. hirsuta · N. hispida · N. humifusa · N. humilis · N. inaequalis · N. inconspicua · N. insignis · N. insignis var. atomaria · N. insignis var. intermedia · N. insignis var. menziesii · N. insularis · N. integrifolia · N. intermedia · N. johnsonii · N. kelloggii · N. kirtleyi (Kirtley's Nemophila) · N. liniflora · N. macrocarpa · N. macrophylla · N. maculata (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. maculata var. concolor (Fivespot) · N. membranacea · N. menziesii (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii 'Discoidalis' · N. menziesii 'Penny Black' (Black Eyes Nemophila Menziesii Penny Black Baby) · N. menziesii atomaria (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii atomaria var. atomaria · N. menziesii australis (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii f. arenaria · N. menziesii f. umbrosa · N. menziesii insignis · N. menziesii integrifolia (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii liniflora · N. menziesii subsp. insignis · N. menziesii subsp. liniflora · N. menziesii subvar. acaulis · N. menziesii var. anulata · N. menziesii var. atomaria (White Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii var. brandegeei · N. menziesii var. eu-atomaria · N. menziesii var. integrifolia (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii var. liniflora · N. menziesii var. macrocarpa · N. menziesii var. menziesii · N. menziesii var. menziesii Hook. & Arn. (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii var. minima · N. menziesii var. minor · N. menziesii var. minutiflora · N. menziesii var. typica · N. menziessii · N. micrantha · N. minutiflora · N. modesta · N. mucronata · N. nana · N. nemarosa · N. nemorensis · N. nemorensis var. glauca · N. nemorensis var. gracilis · N. nemorensis var. typica · N. nevadensis

Bibliography

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Fang Rhui-cheng & Huang Shu-hua in Wu Cheng-yih, ed. 1979. Hydrophyllaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(1): 160-161.

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Notes

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Contributors

MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 20, 2008.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3439745
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15518132
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432423-1
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 432423-1
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1076748

Footnotes

Last Revised: August 24, 2008