Nemophila menziesii australis

(Baby Blue Eyes,)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Spermatophytina (auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae auct.
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Lamiidae Takhtajan ex Reveal, 1992
        Superorder: Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Boraginales Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Boraginaceae Adans., 1763, nom. cons. - Borage Family
        Subfamily: Hydrophylloideae
        Tribe: Hydrophylleae
        Genus: Nemophila (nee-MOF-ih-luh) Nuttall, 1822, nom. cons. - Baby Blue Eyes
        Specific epithet: menziesii Hook. & Arn.
        Botanical name: Nemophila menziesii Hook. & Arn.

Notes:

Publishing author: Brand Publication: Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 251: 50 1913

Place of publication: Bot. Beechey Voy. 152. 1833

Name verified on 27-Apr-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Jun-2007

Physical Description

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Family Boraginaceae:

Herbs perennial, biennial, or annual, less often lianas, shrubs, or trees, usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple, exstipulate, alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin. Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed, mostly persistent. Corolla tubular, campanulate, rotate, funnelform, or salverform; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat, included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse, 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base, less often medifixed, dehiscence longitudinal. Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous, semianatropous, or anatropous. Style terminal or gynobasic, branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate, or subulate. Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings, prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips) . Seeds vertical or oblique, coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved; cotyledons flat, fleshy.

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions, centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.^[1]

Distribution

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Range and Population

California (Southwestern U.S.A., Northern America)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Nemophila:

Bibliography

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Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
Wang Wen-tsai, Liu Yu-lan, Zhu Ge-ling, Lian Yong-shan, Wang Jing-quan & Wang Qing-rui in Kung Xian-wu & Wang Wen-tsai, eds. 1989. Boraginaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(2): 1-253.
Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)

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Notes

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Contributors:

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 29, 2007.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)

Identifiers:

Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168307-2
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1301469

Footnotes:

Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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