Blennosperma

stickyseeds
Blennosperma nanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Blennosperma
Synonyms[1]

Blennosperma is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.[2][3] They are known commonly as stickyseeds; the name Blennosperma is Greek for "slimy seed."[4][5]

Species[1]
  1. Blennosperma bakeri - Baker's stickyseed - California
  2. Blennosperma chilense - Chilean stickyseed - Chile (Provinces of Maule, O'Higgins, Valparaíso)
  3. Blennosperma cretacea - southern Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
  4. Blennosperma nanum - glueseed - California

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis 267 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Blennosperma Less.
  4. ↑ Ornduff, R. 1964. Biosystematics of Blennosperma (Compositae). Brittonia 16: 289–295.
  5. ↑ Flora of North America Blennosperma Lessing, Syn. Gen. Compos. 267. 1832.


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