Staphisagria

Staphisagria
Staphisagria macrosperma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Subfamily: Ranunculoideae
Tribe: Delphinieae
Genus: Staphisagria
Hill
Type species
Delphinium staphisagria

Staphisagria is a genus in the family Ranunculaceae native to the Mediterranean.[1] It used to be a subgenus or section in the genus Delphinium, but molecular evidence suggests it should be a genus.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Staphisagria". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ Jabbour, Florian; Renner, Susanne (2011). "Resurrection of the genus Staphisagria J. Hill, sister to all the other Delphinieae (Ranunculaceae)". PhytoKeys (7): 21–6. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.7.2010. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 3261041. PMID 22287922.
  3. ^ Jabbour, Florian; Renner, Susanne S. (2012). "A phylogeny of Delphinieae (Ranunculaceae) shows that Aconitum is nested within Delphinium and that Late Miocene transitions to long life cycles in the Himalayas and Southwest China coincide with bursts in diversification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (3): 928–942. Bibcode:2012MolPE..62..928J. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.005. PMID 22182994.