Description
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
- 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:
auriculaeflora
- Hort. ex Vilm.
- Botanical name: - Nemophila auriculaeflora Hort. ex Vilm.
- Specific epithet:
auriculaeflora
- Hort. ex Vilm.
- Genus:
Nemophila
(
- Tribe:
Hydrophylleae
(
- Family:
Hydrophyllaceae
(
- Order:
Boraginales
(
- Superorder:
Solananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Hort. ex Vilm. Publication : Fl. Pleine Terre (ed. 3) 746 1870
Similar Species
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
- 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
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 29, 2007.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10677991
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432427-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 432427-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1301433
