Vancouveria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Berberidaceae
Subfamilia: Podophylloideae
Genus: Vancouveria
Species: V. chrysantha – V. hexandra – V. planipetala
Name

Vancouveria C.Morren & Decne., (1834)

Type: Epimedium hexandrum Hook.

References

Morren, C.F.A. & Decaisne, J. 1834. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 2: 351.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Vancouveria. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Vancouveria. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 24 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Vancouveria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 24.
Tropicos.org 2019. Vancouveria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 24.

Vernacular names
English: insideout flower

Vancouveria (/væn.kuːˈvɪəriə/)[1] is a small group of plants belonging to the barberry family described as a genus in 1834.[2] The three plants in this genus are known generally as inside-out flowers, and they are endemic to the West Coast of the United States.[3] The genus was named after George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer.

Species[3][4][5]

Vancouveria chrysantha Greene – golden inside-out flower – California (Siskiyou + Del Norte Counties), Oregon (Curry + Josephine Counties)
Vancouveria hexandra (Hook.) C.Morren & Decne. – white inside-out flower – northwestern California (from Napa to Siskiyou), western Oregon, southwestern Washington
Vancouveria planipetala Calloni – redwood inside-out flower – California as far south as Monterey County, southwestern Oregon

References

Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
Morren, Charles François Antoine & Decaisne, Joseph. 1834. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 2: 351.
Flora of North America Vol. 3, Inside-out flower, Vancouveria C. Morren & Decaisne
The Plant List, Vancouveria
Biota of North America Program 2013 county range maps