Balsamorhiza

Balsamorhiza hookeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Engelmanniinae
Genus: Balsamorhiza
Species: B. careyana – B. deltoidea – B. hispidula – B. hookeri – B. incana – B. lanata – B. macrolepis – B. macrophylla – B. rosea – B. sericea – B. serrata
Nothospecies: B. × bonseri – B. × terebinthacea – B. × tomentosa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Balsamorhiza in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 28. Reference page.

Name

Balsamorhiza Hook. ex Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2. 7: 349. (1840)

• Type species: Balsamorhiza hookeri Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 349. (1840)
  

Note: Balsamorhiza Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1(6): 310. (1833), is an invalidate name as it only suggested a provisional name.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional:Western USA Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming Regional:Canada British Columbia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting useful Knowledge ser. 2. 7: 349.

Additional references

• Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Balsamorhiza in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Balsamorhiza. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Balsamorhiza. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 03 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Balsamorhiza. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Feb. 2018.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Balzamoriza
Deutsch: Balsamwurzeln
English: Balsamroot
日本語: バルサムルート
中文: 脂根菊属

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