Dyschoriste

Dyschoriste
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Ruellieae
Genus: Dyschoriste
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Calophanes D.Don
Phillipsia Rolfe

Dyschoriste is a genus of flowering plants in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.[2]

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek δυσ, poorly, and χωριστός, to split, in reference to the slightly lobed stigma.[3]

Selected species

  • Dyschoriste angusta (A.Gray) Small – Pineland Snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste crenulata Kobuski – Wavyleaf Snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste hondurensis Leonard
  • Dyschoriste decumbens (A.Gray) Kuntze – Spreading Snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste hirsutissima (Nees) Kuntze – Swamp Snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste humistrata (Michx.) Kuntze – Swamp Snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste jaliscensis Kobuski
  • Dyschoriste linearis (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze – Narrowleaf Snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste oaxacensis Kobuski
  • Dyschoriste oblongifolia (Michx.) Kuntze – Oblongleaf Snakeherb[2][4]
  • Dyschoriste rubiginosa Rama. & Wash. (D. angustifolia)
  • Dyschoriste xylopoda Kobuski

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Dyschoriste Nees". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  2. 1 2 "Dyschoriste". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  3. ↑ Thomas Everett; New York Botanical Garden (1981). The New York Botanical Garden illustrated encyclopedia of horticulture. Courier. p. 1154. ISBN 978-0-8240-7234-6.
  4. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Dyschoriste". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-25.

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