Nemophila breviflora

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Common Names

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.

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).Mean = 1,550.300 meters (5,086.286 feet), Standard Deviation = 652.570 based on 184 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Nemophila breviflora A. Gray, 1875
2. Nemophila breviflora Gray

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000.

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

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 01, 2008:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Colorado Museum, Zoological specimens
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium
• Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
• Utah Valley State College
• , Utah Valley State College Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2654309
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-31423
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13730432
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432431-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 31423
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 168258-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDHYD0B020
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: NEBR
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 51612

Footnotes

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