Nemacladus

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Nemacladus is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family known generally as threadplants. Species are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[1][2][3] These are annual herbs with very slender, sometimes threadlike, branching stems bearing small five-lobed flowers.

Nemacladus
Nemacladus orientalis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Nemacladoideae
Genus: Nemacladus
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Synonyms[1]

Parishella A.Gray

Taxonomy

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The genus was erected by Thomas Nuttall in 1842.[4] It is placed in the small subfamily Nemacladoideae of the family Campanulaceae.[5][6]

Species

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As of April 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps for member of genus Nemacladus
  4. ^ "Nemacladus Nutt". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  5. ^ Morin, Nancy R. & Ayers, Tina J. (2020). "New species and a new variety of Nemacladus (Campanulaceae, Nemacladoideae) and a key to the species". Madroño. 67 (1): 35–60. doi:10.3120/0024-9637-67.1.35.
  6. ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Campanulaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  7. ^ "Nemacladus Nutt." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
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