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Genus: Antirrhinum L.

Family: Plantaginaceae tribe Antirrhineae
Also sometimes placed in: Scrophulariaceae Veronicaceae

Common name: snapdragon
Genus number: 793
Last updated: 20-Apr-2006

List of Species Records in GRIN.


References for genus:

  • Oyama, R. K. & D. A. Baum. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of North American Antirrhinum (Veronicaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 91:918–925. [supports treatment in broad sense].
  • Sutton, D. A. 1988. A revision of the tribe Antirrhineae. (Rev Antirrh) [treats in narrow sense, to include only Old World members].
  • Thompson, D. M. 1988. Systematics of Antirrhinum (Scrophulariaceae) in the New World. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 22:1–142. [treats in broad sense, to include both Old and New World members].
  • Vargas, P. et al. 2004. Molecular evidence for naturalness of genera in the tribe Antirrhineae (Scrophulariaceae) and three independent evolutionary lineages from the New World and the Old. Pl. Syst. Evol. 249:151–172. [supports treatment in narrow sense].
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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:


Check other nomenclature databases for Antirrhinum:

  • ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
  • NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?793 (20 May 2013)

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