Ptilimnium

Mock bishopweed
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ptilimnium
Raf.
Type species
Ptilimnium capillaceum
(Michx.) Raf.[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Discopleura DC.
  • Harperella Rose
  • Harperia Rose 1905, illegitimate homonym, not W.Fitzg. 1904 (Restionaceae)

Ptilimnium is a group of plants of the family Apiaceae described as a genus in 1819.[3][2] The common name is mock bishopweed[4] or mock bishop's weed. It is endemic to the United States, primarily in the Southeast, the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the Lower Great Plains.[2][5]

accepted species[6]
  1. Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf. - SE + SC + NE USA
  2. Ptilimnium costatum Raf. - SC USA
  3. Ptilimnium fluviatile (Rose) Mathias - SE USA
  4. Ptilimnium nodosum (Rose) Mathias - Georgia, South Carolina
  5. Ptilimnium nuttallii (DC.) Britton - SC USA
  6. Ptilimnium texense J.M. Coult. & Rose - Texas, Louisiana, Florida
  7. Ptilimnium viviparum (Rose) Mathias - Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland

References

  1. lectotype designated by Coulter et J. N. Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 7: 118 (1900)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Tropicos, Ptilimnium Raf.
  3. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1819 American Monthly Magazine 4: 192
  4. "Ptilimnium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  6. The Plant List, search for Ptilimnium
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