Ptilimnium

Mock bishopweed
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ptilimnium
Raf.
Type species
Ptilimnium capillaceum
(Michx.) Raf.[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Discopleura DC.
  • Harperella Rose
  • Harperia Rose 1905, illegitimate homonym, not W.Fitzg. 1904 (Restionaceae)

Ptilimnium is a group of plants of the family Apiaceae described as a genus in 1819.[3][2] The common name is mock bishopweed[4] or mock bishop's weed. It is endemic to the United States, primarily in the Southeast, the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the Lower Great Plains.[2][5]

accepted species[6]
  1. Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf. - SE + SC + NE USA
  2. Ptilimnium costatum Raf. - SC USA
  3. Ptilimnium fluviatile (Rose) Mathias - SE USA
  4. Ptilimnium nodosum (Rose) Mathias - Georgia, South Carolina
  5. Ptilimnium nuttallii (DC.) Britton - SC USA
  6. Ptilimnium texense J.M. Coult. & Rose - Texas, Louisiana, Florida
  7. Ptilimnium viviparum (Rose) Mathias - Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Coulter et J. N. Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 7: 118 (1900)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Tropicos, Ptilimnium Raf.
  3. ↑ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1819 American Monthly Magazine 4: 192
  4. ↑ "Ptilimnium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  6. ↑ The Plant List, search for Ptilimnium
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