Blennosperma Explained

Blennosperma is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.^{[1] [2]} They are known commonly as stickyseeds; the name Blennosperma is Greek for "slimy seed."^{[3] [4]}

Species

• Blennosperma bakeri - Baker's stickyseed - California
• Blennosperma chilense - Chilean stickyseed - Chile (Provinces of Maule, O'Higgins, Valparaíso)
• Blennosperma cretacea - southern Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
• Blennosperma nanum - glueseed - California

External links

• USDA Plants Profile

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35247350#page/283/mode/1up Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1832. Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis 267
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40028130 Tropicos, Blennosperma Less.
3. Ornduff, R. 1964. Biosystematics of Blennosperma (Compositae). Brittonia 16: 289–295.
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=104065 Flora of North America Blennosperma Lessing, Syn. Gen. Compos. 267. 1832.