Kopsiopsis

Kopsiopsis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Orobancheae
Genus: Kopsiopsis
Species: K. hookeri – K. strobilacea

Name

Kopsiopsis (Beck) Beck, Pflanzenr. 96[IV,261]: 304 (1930).

• Type species: Kopsiopsis hookeri (Walp.) Govaerts, World Checkl. Seed Pl. 2(1): 14. (1996)
  

Note: Can still be found in synonymy with Boschniakia sensu lato Piwowarczyk (2015) cf. Yu (2013), Govaerts et al., (2021) & Hassler (2021)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Beck-mannagetta, G. 1930. Orobanchaceae. In: Engler, A. (ed.) Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus, Im Auftrage der Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften. IV. 261. [Heft 96]. 348 pp., 1–207 plates, 1–24 figures. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. BHL. Reference page. : 304.

Additional references

• Piwowarczyk, R. 2015. Seed morphology of Boschniakia sensu lato (Orobanchaceae) and its taxonomical implications. Phytotaxa 231(2): 156–164. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.231.2.4 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Yu, W.-B. 2013. Nomenclatural clarifications for names in Boschniakia, Kopsiopsis and Xylanche (Orobanchaceae). Phytotaxa 77(3): 40-42. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.77.3.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Kopsiopsis. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 27. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Kopsiopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Kopsiopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Feb. 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Kopsiopsis. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 10 2014.

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