Scutellaria costaricana

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Scutellaria

Herbs or subshrubs , rarely shrubs , not aromatic . Leaves entire to pinnatifid . Inflorescences terminal or axillary racemes or spikes; floral leaves usually bractlike apically. Flowers axillary, opposite or sometimes alternate apically. Calyx short tubular , dorsiventrally flattened, 2-lipped; lips entire, closed and ultimately divided to base along sutures in fruit; upper lip deciduous, with a transverse , rounded , concave , scalelike scutellum (shield ) or without and abaxially conspicuously saccate ; lower lip persistent. Corolla 2-lipped; tube exserted, arcuate or suberect, gradually widening to throat , base bent and saccate or spurred , usually puberulent annulate outside; upper lip erect, galeate ; lower lip 3-lobed, middle lobe broad, flattened, entire, lateral lobes ± joined to upper lip and sometimes spreading . Stamens 4, didynamous , anterior 2 longest, underlying upper lip; anthers close together in pairs, bearded on cell aperture ; posterior pair conspicuously 2-celled, ± apically acute, anterior pair 1-celled by abortion . Style subulate , apically unequally 2-cleft. Nutlets oblate , globose , to ovoid .

About 350 species: worldwide, but only a few in tropical Africa; 98 species in China.

A very isolated genus with unsatisfactory traditional divisions. Paton (Kew Bull . 45: 399-450. 1990) has proposed a revised classification of Scutellaria but did not deal with a large number of the Chinese taxa, and it is not possible to utilize his divisions in detail.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.1 • Maximum pH: 6.0

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.

Taxonomy

Notes

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Place of publication : Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 19:29. 1863

Name verified on 29-Nov-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Scutellaria

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 104 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. alabamensis (Alabama Skullcap) · S. alpina (Alpine Skullcap) · S. alpina 'Arcobaleno' (Alpine Skullcap) · S. alpina 'Greencourt' (Alpine Skullcap) · S. alpina 'Moonbeam' (Alpine Skullcap) · S. altamaha (Pineland Skullcap) · S. altissima (Tall Skullcap) · S. angustifolia (Narrowleaf Skullcap) · S. angustifolia angustifolia (Narrowleaf Skullcap) · S. angustifolia micrantha (Narrowleaf Skullcap) · S. angustifolia subsp. micrantha (Narrowleaf Skullcap) · S. antirrhinoides (Nose Skullcap) · S. arenicola (Florida Scrub Skullcap) · S. arguta (Blue Ridge Skullcap) · S. baicalensis (Baikal Skullcap) · S. bolanderi (Sierra Skullcap) · S. bolanderi austromontana (Sierra Skullcap) · S. bolanderi austromontoma (Sierra Skullcap) · S. bolanderi subsp. austromontana (Sierra Skullcap) · S. brittonii (Britton's Skullcap) · S. bushii (Bush's Skullcap) · S. californica (California Skullcap) · S. cardiophylla (Gulf Skullcap) · S. churchilliana (Churchill Skullcap) · S. costaricana (Costa Rican Skullcap) · S. drummondii (Drummond's Skullcap) · S. drummondii var. drummondii (Drummond's Skullcap) · S. drummondii var. edwardsiana (Drummond's Skullcap) · S. drummondii var. runyonii (Drummond's Skullcap) · S. elliptica (Hairy Skullcap) · S. elliptica var. elliptica (Hairy Skullcap) · S. elliptica var. hirsuta (Hairy Skullcap) · S. epilobifolia (Marsh Skullcap) · S. floridana (Florida Skullcap) · S. galericulata (Hooded Skullcap) · S. glabriuscula (Georgia Skullcap) · S. havanensis (Havana Skullcap) · S. incana (Downy Skullcap) · S. incana var. australis (Hoary Skullcap) · S. incana var. incana (Hoary Skullcap) · S. incana var. punctata (Hoary Skullcap) · S. indica (Helmet Flower) · S. indica var. parvifolia (Helmet Flower) · S. integrifolia (Helmet Flower) · S. javanica (Skullcap) · S. javanica 'Veranda' (Veranda Skullcap) · S. laevis (Culberson County Skullcap) · S. lateriflora (Blue Skullcap) · S. lateriflora var. grohii (Groh's Skullcap) · S. lateriflora var. grohii Boivin (Mad-Dog Scullcap) · S. lateriflora var. lateriflora (Blue Skullcap) · S. longifolia (Hummingbird Plant) · S. mexicana (Mexican Bladdersage) · S. microphylla (Littleleaf Skullcap) · S. minor (Lesser Skullcap) · S. montana (Large-Flowered Skullcap) · S. multiglandulosa (Small's Skullcap) · S. muriculata (Rio Grande Skullcap) · S. nana (Dwarf Skullcap) · S. nervosa (Veined Skullcap) · S. ocmulgee (Ocmulgee Skullcap) · S. orientalis 'Eastern Sun Select' (Skullcap) · S. ovata bracteata (Eggleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata pseudoarguta (Heartleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata rugosa (Heartleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata rupestris (Eggleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata virginiana (Virginia Skullcap) · S. ovata subsp. bracteata (Heartleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata subsp. cuthbertii (Cuthbert's Skullcap) · S. ovata subsp. mexicana (Heartleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata subsp. pseudoarguta (Heartleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata subsp. rugosa (Heartleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata subsp. rupestris (Heartleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata subsp. venosa (Heartleaf Skullcap) · S. ovata subsp. virginiana (Virginia Skullcap) · S. parvula (Small Skullcap) · S. parvula var. australis (Little Scullcap) · S. parvula var. missouriensis (Leonards Skullcap) · S. parvula var. parvula (Small Skullcap) · S. potosina (Mexican Skullcap) · S. potosina platyphylla (Mexican Skullcap) · S. potosina var. davisiana (Mexican Skullcap) · S. potosina var. grahmiana (Mexican Skullcap) · S. potosina var. tessellata (Mexican Skullcap) · S. potosina subsp. platyphylla (Mexican Skullcap) · S. potosina subsp. potosina (Mexican Skullcap) · S. pseudoserrata (Falseteeth Skullcap) · S. racemosa (South American Skullcap) · S. resinosa (Bushy Skullcap) · S. rupestris (Heartleaf Skullcap) · S. sapphirina (White Pine Skullcap) · S. saxatilis (Smooth Rock Skullcap) · S. scordifolia (Skullcap) · S. serrata (Allegheny Skullcap) · S. siphocamyploides (Grayleaf Skullcap) · S. suffrutescens (Pink Texas Skullcap) · S. texana (Texas Skullcap) · S. thieretii (Thieret's Skullcap) · S. tuberosa (Danny's Skullcap) · S. venosa (Heartleaf Skullcap)

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Further Reading

• Biologia centrali-americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. London, Pub. for the editors by R. H. Porter and Dulau & co., 1879-88. url .
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 22 1920-1927 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 715.
• Flora of Costa Rica. .. by Paul C. Standley. .. 18 1938 Chicago, 1937. url p. 1033.
• Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 16 2006 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 389.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 462.
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 327.
• The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette. London: published for the proprietors, 1844-1873. url p. 1243, p. 367, p. 368.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 329.
• The Illustrated dictionary of gardening: a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists / edited by George Nicholson. ..; assisted by J.W.H. Trail. .. and J. Garrett. ... London: L. Upcott Gill; 1887-1889. url p. 387, p. 414.
• The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen. London: George W. Johnson and Robert Hogg, 1861-1877. url , p. 410.
• The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs. Boston: Hovey and Co., 1837- url p. 268.
• The illustrated dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists. Ed. by George Nicholson. Assisted by Professor J. W. H. Trail and J. Garrett. London: L. U. Gill, [1884]-89. url p. 398.
• Wu Cheng-yih & Li Hsi-wen, eds. 1977. Labiatae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 65(2): 1-649, 66: 1-647.

Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 07, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 02, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5924649
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15544934
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:458224-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 449243
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 648697

Footnotes

1. "Scutellaria". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 75. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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