Sairocarpus

Sairocarpus
File:Antirrhinum cornutum - Spurred Snapdragon.JPG
Sairocarpus cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Phylum:	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Tribe:	Antirrhineae
Genus:	Sairocarpus D.A. Sutton
Type species
Sairocarpus nuttallianus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton

Sairocarpus is a genus of the family Plantaginaceae, and is one of a group of plants commonly known as 'snapdragons'. It has twelve accepted species and is being considered to include many species formerly considered as New World species of Antirrhinum.

Taxonomy

Selected species include;

• Sairocarpus cornutus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton - Spurred snapdragon
• Sairocarpus costatus (Wiggins) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus coulterianus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton - Coulter's snapdragon
• Sairocarpus kingii (S. Watson) D.A. Sutton - Least snapdragon
• Sairocarpus multiflorus (Pennell) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus nuttallianus (Benth.) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus subcordatus (A. Gray) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus (Kellogg) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus virga (A. Gray) D.A. Sutton
• Sairocarpus watsonii (Vasey & Rose) D.A. Sutton

Bibliography

• Vargas P, JA Rosselló, R Oyama, J Güemes. 2004 Molecular evidence for naturalness of genera in the tribe Antirrhineae (Scrophulariaceae) and three independent evolutionary lineages from the New World and the Old. Plant Syst Evol 249:151–172.

External links

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