Blennosperma

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Tussilagininae
Genus: Blennosperma
Species: B. bakeri – B. chilense – B. nanum
Name

Blennosperma Less., Syn. Gen. Compos.: 267 (1832)

Type species: Blennosperma chilense Less., 1832

References

Lessing, C.F. 1832. Synopsis Generum Compositarum Earumque Dispositionis Novae Tentamen Monographiis Multarum Capensium Interjectis... 473 pp. Berolini [Berlin].. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Blennosperma in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Blennosperma. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Blennosperma. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 10 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Blennosperma in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 10.
Tropicos.org 2018. Blennosperma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Apr. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Blennosperma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Blennosperma is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.[2][3] They are known commonly as stickyseeds; the name Blennosperma is Greek for "slimy seed."[4][5]

Species[1]

Blennosperma bakeri - Baker's stickyseed - California
Blennosperma chilense - Chilean stickyseed - Chile (Provinces of Maule, O'Higgins, Valparaíso)
Blennosperma cretacea - southern Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
Blennosperma nanum - glueseed - California

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis 267 in Latin
Tropicos, Blennosperma Less.
Ornduff, R. 1964. Biosystematics of Blennosperma (Compositae). Brittonia 16: 289–295.
Flora of North America Blennosperma Lessing, Syn. Gen. Compos. 267. 1832.