Antiphytum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Boraginoideae
Tribus: Echiochileae
Genus: Antiphytum
Species: A. caespitosum – A. cruciatum – A. ehrenbergii – A. floribundum – A. heliotropioides – A. hintoniorum – A. humilis – A. nudicalces – A. paniculatum – A. parryi – A. peninsulare
Name

Antiphytum DC. ex Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner] 280 (1840)

Type species: Antiphytum cruciatum DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 10: 121. (1846)

References

Candolle, A.P. de 1840. Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordines ... 1: 280.
Hassler, M. 2017. Antiphytum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Antiphytum. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 27 2017.
Långström, E. & Chase, M.W. 2002. Tribes of Boraginoideae (Boraginaceae) and placement of Antiphytum, Echiochilon, Ogastemma and Sericostoma: A phylogenetic analysis based on atp B plastid DNA sequence data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 234(1): 137–153. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0195-z Full text PDF Reference page.

Antiphytum, commonly known as saucerflower,[1] is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[2]

Its native range is Texas to Mexico and from Brazil to Uruguay.[2]

Species:[2]

Antiphytum bornmuelleri Pilg.
Antiphytum caespitosum I.M.Johnst.
Antiphytum charruasorum Mendoza-Diaz et al[3]
Antiphytum ehrenbergii (Brand) Govaerts
Antiphytum floribundum (Torr.) A.Gray - Texas saucerflower[4]
Antiphytum geoffreyi N.Mend. & Flores Olv.
Antiphytum heliotropioides A.DC. - Mexican saucerflower[5]
Antiphytum hintoniorum L.C.Higgins & B.L.Turner
Antiphytum humilis (Brand) Govaerts
Antiphytum nudicalces I.M.Johnst.
Antiphytum paniculatum I.M.Johnst.
Antiphytum parryi S.Watson
Antiphytum peninsulare (Rose) I.M.Johnst.
Antiphytum stoechadifolium (Cham.) A.DC.

References

"USDA Plant Profile: Antiphytum".
"Antiphytum DC. ex Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
Nidia Mendoza-Díaz, Marina Díaz, Patricia Brussa, Fabián Muñoz, José M. Bonifacino and Hilda Flores-Olvera. 2020. White Flowers in South America: A New Species of Antiphytum (Echiochiloideae, Boraginaceae). Systematic Botany. 45(4); 913-920.
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ANFL3
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ANHE4