Triodanis Explained

Triodanis is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae, native to North and South America.^{[1] [2] [3]} Venus' looking-glass is a common name for plants in this genus.

Species include:

• Triodanis biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene - small Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North America
• Triodanis coloradoensis (Buckley) McVaugh - Colorado Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas despite the name
• Triodanis holzingeri McVaugh - Holzinger's Venus' looking-glass - Great Plains plus Arizona and Tennessee
• Triodanis lamprosperma McVaugh - Prairie Venus' looking-glass - southern Great Plains
• Triodanis leptocarpa (Nutt.) Nieuwl. - Slimpod Venus' looking-glass - Great Plains
• Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuwl. - Clasping Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North and South America from Canada to Argentina; naturalized in China, Korea, Australia
• Triodanis texana McVaugh - Texas Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas

External links

• Triodanis - Ecoport

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=356929 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Species
2. Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Triodanis Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps