Polyctenium
Genus of flowering plants
| Polyctenium | |
|---|---|
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| Polyctenium fremontii flower | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Polyctenium Greene |
| Species | |
| Polyctenium fremontii | |
Polyctenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Great Basin region of the Western United States.[1]
The plants are known by the common name combleaf,[2] owing to the resemblance of their deeply lobed leaves to a comb.
Species
There are two species within the genus:
- Polyctenium williamsiae — Commonly known as the Washoe combleaf, it is the rarer of the two species and is specially protected in Nevada. Found in the Washoe Valley playas of the Virginia Range.[3]
- Polyctenium fremontii — Commonly known as the Desert combleaf, it is the more common of the two species, being found in the Great Basin habitats of northeastern California, southeast Oregon, southwest Idaho, and northwest Nevada.[4]
References
- ^ ITIS Report: Polyctenium . accessed 5.5.2014
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Polyctenium". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ USDA Plants Profile: Polyctenium williamsiae
- ^ USDA Plants Profile: Polyctenium fremontii
External links
- USDA Plants Profile for Polyctenium (combleaf)
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