Ipomopsis

Genus of flowering plants

Ipomopsis
Standing cypress (Ipomopsis rubra)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Ipomopsis
Michx. (1803)
Species[1]

29; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Batanthes Raf. (1832)
  • Callisteris Greene (1905)
  • Ipomeria Nutt. (1818)

Ipomopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the phlox family, Polemoniaceae. The annual and perennial herbs it contains are native to the Americas, particularly North America.

Species

29 species are accepted.[1] They include:

  • Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V.E.Grant - Scarlet gilia
  • Ipomopsis arizonica (Greene) Wherry - Arizona firecracker (Mojave Desert)
  • Ipomopsis congesta (Hook.) V.E.Grant - Ballhead ipomopsis (Western North America)
  • Ipomopsis effusa (A.Gray) Moran - Baja California ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis globularis (Brand) W.A.Weber - Hoosier Pass ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis gunnisonii (Torr. & A.Gray) V.E.Grant - Sand Dune ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis guttata (A.Gray) Moran
  • Ipomopsis laxiflora (J.M.Coult.) V.E.Grant - Iron ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis longiflora (Torr.) V.E.Grant - Flaxflowered ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis macombii (Torr. ex A.Gray) V.E.Grant - Macomb's ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis macrosiphon (Kearney & Peebles) V.E.Grant & Wilken - Longtube ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis monticola J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
  • Ipomopsis multiflora (Nutt.) V.E.Grant - Manyflower ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis pinnata (Cav.) V.E.Grant - San Luis Mountains ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis polyantha (Rydb.) V.E.Grant - Pagosa ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis polycladon (Torr.) V.E.Grant - Manybranched ipomopsis (Western United States, Northern Mexico)
  • Ipomopsis pringlei (A.Gray) Henrickson
  • Ipomopsis pumila Ipomopsis pringlei (A.Gray) Henrickson - Dwarf ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis ramosa Al Schneid. & Bregar
  • Ipomopsis roseata (Rydb.) V.E.Grant - Rosy ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis rubra (L.) Wherry - Standing cypress
  • Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus Wilken & R.A.Fletcher - Holy Ghost ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis spicata (Nutt.) V.E.Grant - Spiked ipomopsis
  • Ipomopsis tenuifolia (A.Gray) V.E.Grant - Slenderleaf skyrocket (Baja California, Southern Arizona, Southern California)
  • Ipomopsis tenuituba (Rydb.) V.E.Grant - Slendertube skyrocket (Western United States)
  • Ipomopsis thuberi (A.Gray) V.E.Grant - El Paso skyrocket
  • Ipomopsis wendtii Henrickson
  • Ipomopsis wrightii (A.Gray) Shinners - Leafy skyrocket

Formerly placed here

  • Dayia havardii (A.Gray) J.M.Porter - Havard's ipomopsis (as Ipomopsis havardii (A.Gray) V.E.Grant)
  • Microgilia minutiflora (Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Littleflower ipomopsis (as Ipomopsis minutiflora (Benth.) V.E.Grant)


References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ipomopsis.
Wikispecies has information related to Ipomopsis.
  1. ^ a b c Ipomopsis Michx. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): Ipomopsis
  • Jepson Flora Project: Ipomopsis
Taxon identifiers
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