Seymeria Explained

Seymeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.^[1]

Its native range is from southern USA (in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) to Mexico and the Bahamas.

The genus name of Seymeria is in honour of Henry Seymer (1745–1800), an English amateur botanist.^[2] It was first described and published in Fl. Amer. (Sept. 2) on page 736 in 1813.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Seymeria anita
• Seymeria bipinnatisecta
• Seymeria cassioides
• Seymeria coahuilana
• Seymeria cualana
• Seymeria decurva
• Seymeria deflexa
• Seymeria falcata
• Seymeria gypsophila
• Seymeria integrifolia
• Seymeria laciniata
• Seymeria mazatecana
• Seymeria pailana
• Seymeria pectinata
• Seymeria pennellii
• Seymeria scabra
• Seymeria sinaloana
• Seymeria tamaulipana
• Seymeria virgata

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seymeria Pursh Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 19 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.