Leptosiphon Explained

Leptosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family.^{[1] [2]} Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus Linanthus. Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plants.

Species

32 species are accepted.

• Leptosiphon acicularis - bristly linanthus
• Leptosiphon ambiguus - serpentine linanthus
• Leptosiphon androsaceus - false babystars
• Leptosiphon bicolor - true babystars
• Leptosiphon bolanderi - Bolander's linanthus
• Leptosiphon breviculus - Mojave linanthus
• Leptosiphon chrysanthus
• Leptosiphon ciliatus - whiskerbrush
• Leptosiphon croceus
• Leptosiphon filipes - thread linanthus
• Leptosiphon floribundus - manyflower linanthus
• Leptosiphon grandiflorus - largeflower linanthus
• Leptosiphon harknessii - Harkness flaxflower
• Leptosiphon jamauensis
• Leptosiphon jepsonii - Jepson's linanthus
• Leptosiphon latisectus - Coast Range linanthus
• Leptosiphon laxus
• Leptosiphon lemmonii - Lemmon's linanthus
• Leptosiphon liniflorus - narrowflower flaxflower
• Leptosiphon melingii
• Leptosiphon montanus - mustang clover
• Leptosiphon nudatus - Tehachapi linanthus
• Leptosiphon nuttallii - Nuttall's linanthus
• Leptosiphon oblanceolatus - Sierra Nevada linanthus
• Leptosiphon pachyphyllus - Sierra linanthus
• Leptosiphon parviflorus - variable linanthus (synonym Leptosiphon aureus - golden linanthus)
• Leptosiphon pusillus
• Leptosiphon pygmaeus - pygmy linanthus
• Leptosiphon rattanii - Rattan linanthus
• Leptosiphon rosaceus
• Leptosiphon septentrionalis - northern linanthus
• Leptosiphon serrulatus - Madera linanthus

Notes and References

1. Goodwillie . Carol . 1999 . MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF SELF-COMPATIBILITY INLINANTHUSSECTIONLEPTOSIPHON(POLEMONIACEAE): PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FROM INTERNAL-TRANSCRIBED-SPACER SEQUENCE DATA . Evolution . 53 . 5 . 1387–1395 . 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05403.x . 0014-3820. free . 28565552 .
2. Goodwillie . Carol . Ness . Jennifer M. . June 2013 . Interactions of hybridization and mating systems: A case study in Leptosiphon (Polemoniaceae) . American Journal of Botany . en . 100 . 6 . 1002–1013 . 10.3732/ajb.1200616 . 23507735 . 0002-9122.