Vancouveria
Sign in to saveVancouveria () is a small group of plants belonging to the barberry family described as a genus in 1834. The three plants in this genus are known generally as inside-out flowers, and they are endemic to the West Coast of the United States. The genus was named after George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer.
Species
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 44
- With media
- 40
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Collections
- CAS, MO, BRY, NY, REED, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Berberidaceae
- Image
- Vancouveriasp.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vancouveria
- topic's main category
- Category:Vancouveria
- taxon common name
- insideout flower
- has fruit type
- follicle
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Vancouveria () is a small group of plants belonging to the barberry family described as a genus in 1834. The three plants in this genus are known generally as inside-out flowers, and they are endemic to the West Coast of the United States. The genus was named after George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer. Species {| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- | ||Vancouveria chrysantha Greene – golden inside-out flower || California (Siskiyou + Del Norte Counties), Oregon (Curry + Josephine Counties) |- |120px ||Vancouveria hexandra (Hook.) C.Morren & Decne. – white inside-out flower || northwestern California (from Napa to Siskiyou), western Oregon, southwestern Washington |- |120px||Vancouveria planipetala Calloni – redwood inside-out flower || California as far south as Monterey County, southwestern Oregon |- |}
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vancouveria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.