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Vesper (plant)
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vesper is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]
Its native range is western and central USA to north-western Mexico. It is found in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.[1]
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Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed by Ronald Lee Hartmann and Guy L. Nesom in Phytoneuron 2012-94 on page 2 in 2012.[1]
The genus name of Vesper is derived from Fengjie Sun (b. 1968) and Stephen Roy Downie (b. 1959), 2 American botanists and evolutionary biologists in Georgia. Their surnames combined are (Sun-down) and Vespers are prayers at sundown.[2]
Species
As accepted by Kew;[1]
- Vesper bulbosus (A.Nelson) R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom
- Vesper constancei (R.L.Hartm.) R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom
- Vesper macrorhizus (Buckley) R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom
- Vesper montanus (Torr. & A.Gray) R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom
- Vesper multinervatus (J.M.Coult. & Rose) R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom
- Vesper purpurascens (A.Gray) R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom
References
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