''Sairocarpus'' is a genus of the family
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...
, and is one of a group of plants commonly known as 'snapdragons'. It has ten accepted species
[ and is being considered to include many species formerly considered as New World species of '']Antirrhinum
''Antirrhinum'' is a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers, snapdragons and dog flower because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are native to r ...
''.[Barringer K. 2013. New combinations in Sairocarpus (Plantaginaceae). Phytoneuron 2013-34: 1–3.]
Species
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
as of October 2022:[
*'']Sairocarpus cornutus
''Antirrhinum cornutum'' (syn. ''Sairocarpus cornutus'') is an uncommon species of New World snapdragon known by the common name spurred snapdragon.
It is endemic to northern California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western Un ...
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*'' Sairocarpus costatus''
*'' Sairocarpus coulterianus''
*'' Sairocarpus kingii''
*'' Sairocarpus multiflorus''
*'' Sairocarpus nuttallianus''
*'' Sairocarpus subcordatus''
*'' Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus''
*'' Sairocarpus virga''
*'' Sairocarpus watsonii''
References
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.
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