''Staphisagria'' is a
genus
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in the
family
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Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae (buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin "little frog", from "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide.
The largest genera are ''Ranunculus'' (600 species), ''Delphinium' ...
. It used to be a
subgenus
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In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
or
section in the genus ''
Delphinium'', but molecular evidence suggests it should be a genus.
However, the separation is not accepted by other sources, which treat ''Staphisagria'' as a
synonym
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of ''
Delphinium''.
Species list
There are three species in ''Staphisagria'':
*''
Staphisagria macrosperma'' Spach = ''Delphinium staphisagria''
L.
*''
Staphisagria requienii'' (DC.) Spach = ''Delphinium requienii'' DC.
*''
Staphisagria picta'' (Willd.) Jabbour = ''Delphinium pictum'' Willd.
Or two, as some botanists think ''S. requienii'' and ''S. picta'' should be united as one species, with ''S. picta'' treated as ''S. requienii'' subsp. ''picta''.
See also
* ''
Aconitum
''Aconitum'' (), also known as aconite, monkshood, wolf's-bane, leopard's bane, mousebane, women's bane, devil's helmet, queen of poisons, or blue rocket, is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. ...
''
* ''
Delphinium''
References
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Delphinieae
Medicinal plants
Ranunculaceae genera