''Seymeria'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to the family
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ''Striga'') were formerly included in the ...
.
Its native range is from southern USA (in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) to Mexico and the
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
.
The genus name of ''Seymeria'' is in honour of Henry Seymer (1745–1800), an English amateur botanist.
It was first described and published in Fl. Amer. (Sept. 2) on page 736 in 1813.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Seymeria anita''
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Seymeria bipinnatisecta''
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Seymeria cassioides
''Seymeria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is from southern USA (in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tenne ...
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Seymeria coahuilana''
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Seymeria cualana''
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Seymeria decurva''
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Seymeria deflexa''
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Seymeria falcata''
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Seymeria gypsophila''
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Seymeria integrifolia''
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Seymeria laciniata''
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Seymeria mazatecana''
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Seymeria pailana
''Seymeria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is from southern USA (in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tenne ...
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Seymeria pectinata''
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Seymeria pennellii''
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Seymeria scabra''
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Seymeria sinaloana''
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Seymeria tamaulipana''
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Seymeria virgata''
References
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Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae genera
Plants described in 1813
Flora of Guyana
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Flora of Arizona
Flora of Texas
Flora of Mexico
Flora of the Bahamas