Calyptridium

Calyptridium roseum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Montiaceae
Genus: Calyptridium
Species: C. hesseae – C. martirense – C. monandrum – C. monospermum – C. nevadense – C. parryi – C. pulchellum – C. pygmaeum – C. quadripetalum – C. roseum – C. umbellatum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Calyptridium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 23. Reference page.

Name

Calyptridium Nutt. Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(2): 198. (1838)

• Type species: Calyptridium monandrum Nutt. Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(2): 198. (1838)
  

Note: Often included in Cistanthe, but see Guillams (2009), Nyffeler & Eggli (2010) and Simpson et al., (2010). Moreover, the distribution is exclusively western Northern America and Cistanthe is Southern America

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. in J.Torrey & A.Gray, 1838. A Flora of North America: 1(2): 198.

Additional references

• Guilliams, C.M. 2009. Phylogenetic reconstruction, character evolution, and conservation in the genus Calyptridium (Montiaceae). M.S. thesis. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. Full text PDF.
• Nyffeler, R. & Eggli, U. 2010. Disintegrating Portulacaceae: A new familial classification of the suborder Portulacineae (Caryophyllales) based on molecular and morphological data. Taxon 59(1): 227–240. Abstract. Full text (PDF). Reference page. 
• Simpson, M.G., Silveira, M. & Guilliams, C.M. 2010. Taxonomy of Calyptridium parryi (Montiaceae). Madroño 57(3): 145–160. DOI: 10.3120/0024-9637-57.3.145 Full text PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Calyptridium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Calyptridium. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Calyptridium. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 2 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Pussypaws

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