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Pseudorontium

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Pseudorontium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Antirrhineae
Genus: Pseudorontium
(A. Gray) Rothm. (1943)
Species:
P. cyathiferum
Binomial name
Pseudorontium cyathiferum
(Benth.) Rothm. (1943)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antirrhinum cyathiferum Benth. (1844)
  • Antirrhinum chytrospermum A.Gray (1877)

Pseudorontium is a genus of flowering plants with one species, Pseudorontium cyathiferum (syn. Antirrhinum cyathiferum), a New World snapdragon known by the common names dog's-mouth[2] and Deep Canyon snapdragon. It is native to the deserts of northern Mexico and adjacent California and Arizona. It is an annual herb producing a hairy, erect, non-climbing stem with many oval-shaped leaves. The solitary flowers are dark-veined deep purple and white, often with some yellow in the throat, and are about a centimeter long. Previously considered to belong among the New World Antirrhinum species, it is now considered the sole member of the related genus Pseudorontium.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Pseudorontium cyathiferum (Benth.) Rothm. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Pseudorontium cyathiferum​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ^ Oyama, Ryan K.; Baum, David A. (2004). "Phylogenetic relationships of North American Antirrhinum (Veronicaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 91 (6): 918–925. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.6.918. PMID 21653448.
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