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Camissonia (suncups)

Synonyms: Agaosizia; Sphaerostigma; Taraxia

Wikipedia Abstract

Camissonia, sometimes commonly known as sun cup or sundrop, is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the evening primrose family Onagraceae. A total of 12 species are known, nearly all from western North America, especially in the California Floristic Province, but also one from South America. Previous circumscriptions of the genus had recognized up to 62 species before it was split among other closely related genera. The flowers generally open at dawn, and may be yellow, white, or lavender, often with darker shades at the base. They are usually cup-shaped, thus the common name.
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Species

Camissonia benitensis (san benito evening-primrose) (Attributes)
Camissonia bilgardii
Camissonia bolanderi
Camissonia campestris (Mojave suncup) (Attributes)
Camissonia contorta (plains evening-primrose) (Attributes)
Camissonia dentata
Camissonia dominguez-escalantorum
Camissonia heteranthera
Camissonia integrifolia (Kern River evening-primrose) (Attributes)
Camissonia kernensis (Kern suncup) (Attributes)
Camissonia lacustris (grassland suncup) (Attributes)
Camissonia lavandulaefolia
Camissonia parvula (Lewis River suncup) (Attributes)
Camissonia pubens (hairy suncup) (Attributes)
Camissonia pusilla (little wiry suncup) (Attributes)
Camissonia sierrae (Sierra suncup) (Attributes)
Camissonia strigulosa (sandy-soil suncup) (Attributes)
Camissonia tenuifolia

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0