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Nuttallanthus
Sign in to saveNuttallanthus is a genus of four species of herbaceous annuals and perennials that was traditionally placed in the foxglove family Scrophulariaceae. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae. Three species of Nuttallanthus are native to North America and one to South America. Nuttallanthus was until the 1980s included in a wider circumscription of the genus Linaria, a genus now considered restricted to the Old World.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyPlantaginaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Collections
- US, MSC, MO, UCSB, BRIT, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Brasil
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Nuttallanthus is a genus of four species of herbaceous annuals and perennials that was traditionally placed in the foxglove family Scrophulariaceae. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae. Three species of Nuttallanthus are native to North America and one to South America. Nuttallanthus was until the 1980s included in a wider circumscription of the genus Linaria, a genus now considered restricted to the Old World.
==Taxonomy== The genus Nuttallanthus was scientifically described in 1988 by David A. Sutton. Its status is disputed with it listed as an accepted genus in World Plants and World Flora Online (WFO), but as a synonym of Linaria in Plants of the World Online.
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