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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Antirrhinum L., Sp. Pl. 612 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
snapdragon
Description
Herbs or small subshrubs, erect or suberect. Lvs usually opposite above and alternate below, simple, entire, pinnately veined. Infl. a terminal bracteate raceme, or fls solitary and axillary. Calyx deeply and ± equally 5-lobed. Corolla strongly zygomorphic; tube gibbous at base abaxially (appearing oblique), otherwise ± cylindric; limb 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed with a pouch closing the throat. Stamens 4, included. Capsule asymmetric with 2 unequal loculi, the longer adaxial loculus opening by 1 apical pore. Seeds numerous, reticulate-rugose, not winged.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Oyama, R.K.; Baum, D.A. 2004: Phylogenetic relationships of North American Antirrhinum (Veronicaceae). American Journal of Botany 91: 918–925.
