Amsinckiopsis

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Amsinckiopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Boraginoideae
Genus: Amsinckiopsis
(I.M.Johnst.) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin

Amsinkiopsis is a monotypic genus in the Boraginaceae family consisting of the species Amsinckiopsis kingii[1]. A. kingii was previously considered part of the genus Plagiobothrys, until phylogenetic study proved the genus to be polyphyletic (coming from more than one common ancestor).[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Amsinckiopsis kingii (S.Watson) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  2. ^ Guilliams, C. Matt; Hasenstab-Lehman, Kristen E.; Baldwin, Bruce G. (2020-02-25). "Nomenclatural Changes in Western North American Amsinckiinae (Boraginaceae)". Novon, A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 28 (1): 51–59. doi:10.3417/2019469. ISSN 1945-6174.