Lappula

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: Eritrichieae
Genus: Lappula
Species: L. aktaviensis – L. alaica – L. anisacantha – L. anocarpa – L. badachschanica – L. baitenovii – L. balchaschensis – L. barbata – L. brachycentra – L. brachycentroides – L. caespitosa – L. cenchroides – L. collina – L. coronifera – L. cynoglossoides – L. deserticola – L. diploloma – L. duplicicarpa – L. dzharkentica – L. echinophora – L. eckloniana – L. fremontii – L. fruticulosa – L. glabrata – L. granulata – L. heteracantha – L. heteromorpha – L. himalayensis – L. intermedia – L. karelinii – L. ketmenica – L. korshinskyi – L. krylovii – L. kulikalonica – L. laevimarginata – L. lenensis – L. leonardii – L. lipschitzii – L. lipskyi – L. macra – L. macrantha – L. marginata – L. microcarpa – L. mogoltavica – L. monocarpa – L. nevskii – L. nuratavica – L. occidentalis – L. occultata – L. parvula – L. patula – L. paulsenii – L. pavlovii – L. physacantha – L. popovii – L. pratensis – L. ramulosa – L. rechingeri – L. redowskii – L. rigida – L. rupestris – L. rupicola – L. saissanica – L. saphronovae – L. semialata – L. semnanensis – L. sericata – L. shanhsiensis – L. spinocarpos – L. squarrosa – L. stricta – L. subcaespitosa – L. subcaespitosa – L. tadshikorum – L. tenuis – L. tianschanica – L. transalaica – L. tuvinica – L. zaissanica – L. zapateri
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Lappula Moench

Type species: Lappula myosotis Moench.

Synonyms

Cynoglossospermum Siegesb. ex Kuntze
Echinospermum Sw. ex Lehm.
Rochelia Roem. & Schult.
Sclerocaryopsis Brand

References
Primary references

Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis. 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. BHL Reference page. : 416

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lappula in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Lappula. Published online. Accessed: Sep 30 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Lappula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 30.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names
suomi: Keräsirkunjyvät, sirkunjyvät
עברית: לפית
հայերեն: Կպչուկ
Diné bizaad: Íijeehí
русский: Липучка
svenska: Piggfrön
中文: 鹤虱属

Lappula is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family known generally as stickseeds. They are native to the northern hemisphere. These are annual herbs producing funnel-shaped flowers and prickly fruits. One of the best known species is the European stickseed, Lappula squarrosa, which is a notorious noxious weed.

Species include:

Lappula barbata
Lappula cenchrusoides - Great Plains stickseed
Lappula diploloma
Lappula marginata - margined stickseed
Lappula occidentalis - flatspine stickseed
Lappula squarrosa - European stickseed