Vancouveria
Sign in to saveVancouveria () is a small group of plants belonging to the barberry family described as a genus in 1834. The three plants in this genus are known generally as inside-out flowers, and they are endemic to the West Coast of the United States. The genus was named after George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer.
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Vinony's link graph records 22 inbound references to Vancouveria, and connects out to California, plant and Oregon.
It is catalogued under topics including Berberidaceae genera, Flora of the West Coast of the United States and Taxa named by Charles François Antoine Morren.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 44
- With media
- 40
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Collections
- CAS, MO, BRY, NY, REED, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Berberidaceae
- Image
- Vancouveriasp.jpg
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- taxon name
- Vancouveria
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Vancouveria
- topic's main category
- Category:Vancouveria
- taxon common name
- insideout flower
- has fruit type
- follicle
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Encyclopedic overview
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Vancouveria () is a small group of plants belonging to the barberry family described as a genus in 1834. The three plants in this genus are known generally as inside-out flowers, and they are endemic to the West Coast of the United States. The genus was named after George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer. Species {| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- | ||Vancouveria chrysantha Greene – golden inside-out flower || California (Siskiyou + Del Norte Counties), Oregon (Curry + Josephine Counties) |- |120px ||Vancouveria hexandra (Hook.) C.Morren & Decne. – white inside-out flower || northwestern California (from Napa to Siskiyou), western Oregon, southwestern Washington |- |120px||Vancouveria planipetala Calloni – redwood inside-out flower || California as far south as Monterey County, southwestern Oregon |- |}
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vancouveria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.