Collomia

Genus of flowering plants

Collomia
Collomia linearis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Collomia
Nutt. (1818)
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Collomiastrum (Brand) S.L.Welsh (2003)
  • Courtoisia Rchb. (1829)

Collomia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Species in the genus are known generally as trumpets, mountain trumpets,[2] or trumpet flowers.[3] They are native to North America and southern South America.[3] The genus name comes from the Greek kolla ("glue"),[4] a reference to the seeds, which become gelatinous in texture when wet.[3]

Species

There are about 15 species in the genus.[3] They include:[1][2][5]

  • Collomia biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Brand[6]
  • Collomia debilis (S.Watson) Greene - alpine collomia
  • Collomia diversifolia Greene – serpentine collomia
  • Collomia grandiflora Douglas ex Lindl. – grand collomia, largeflowered collomia, California strawflower
  • Collomia heterophylla Hook. – variableleaf collomia
  • Collomia larsenii (A.Gray) Payson – talus collomia
  • Collomia linearis Nutt. – tiny trumpet, narrow-leaf mountain trumpet
  • Collomia macrocalyx Leiberg ex Brand – bristleflower collomia
  • Collomia mazama Coville – Mt. Mazama collomia, Crater Lake collomia
  • Collomia rawsoniana Greene – flaming trumpet, Rawson's flaming trumpet
  • Collomia renacta Joyal [7] – Barren Valley collomia
  • Collomia tenella A.Gray – diffuse collomia
  • Collomia tinctoria Kellogg – staining collomia, yellowstain collomia
  • Collomia tracyi R.Mason – Tracy's collomia
  • Collomia wilkenii L.A.Johnson & R.L.Johnson[8] – Dieter's trumpet

References

  1. ^ a b Collomia Nutt. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Collomia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  3. ^ a b c d Collomia. The Jepson eFlora 2013.
  4. ^ Narrow-leaved Collomia (Collomia linearis). Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. USGS.
  5. ^ Collomia. USDA PLANTS.
  6. ^ "Collomia biflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  7. ^ Joyal, E. (1986). A new species of Collomia (Polemoniaceae) from the Great Basin. Brittonia 38(3), 243-48.
  8. ^ Johnson, L. A. and R. L. Johnson. (2006). Morphological delimitation and molecular evidence for allopolyploidy in Collomia wilkenii (Polemoniaceae), a new species from northern Nevada. Systematic Botany 31(2) 349-60.
Taxon identifiers
Collomia
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