Antiphytum Explained

Antiphytum, commonly known as saucerflower,^[1] is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.^[2]

Its native range is Texas to Mexico and from Brazil to Uruguay.

Species:

• Antiphytum bornmuelleri
• Antiphytum caespitosum
• Antiphytum charruasorum ^[3]
• Antiphytum ehrenbergii
• Antiphytum floribundum - Texas saucerflower^[4]
• Antiphytum geoffreyi
• Antiphytum heliotropioides - Mexican saucerflower^[5]
• Antiphytum hintoniorum
• Antiphytum humilis
• Antiphytum nudicalces
• Antiphytum paniculatum
• Antiphytum parryi
• Antiphytum peninsulare
• Antiphytum stoechadifolium

Notes and References

1. Web site: USDA Plant Profile: Antiphytum.
2. Web site: Antiphytum DC. ex Meisn. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 18 March 2021 . en.
3. Nidia Mendoza-Díaz, Marina Díaz, Patricia Brussa, Fabián Muñoz, José M. Bonifacino and Hilda Flores-Olvera. 2020. White Flowers in South America: A New Species of Antiphytum (Echiochiloideae, Boraginaceae). Systematic Botany. 45(4); 913-920.
4. Web site: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the University of Texas at Austin.
5. Web site: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the University of Texas at Austin.