Dyschoriste
Encyclopedia
Dyschoriste is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae
. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae
The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species....
. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.
Selected species
- Dyschoriste angusta (A.Gray) Small – Pineland Snakeherb
- Dyschoriste crenulata Kobuski – Wavyleaf Snakeherb
- Dyschoriste decumbens (A.Gray) Kuntze – Spreading Snakeherb
- Dyschoriste humistrata (Michx.) Kuntze – Swamp Snakeherb
- Dyschoriste linearis (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze – Narrowleaf Snakeherb
- Dyschoriste oblongifolia (Michx.) Kuntze – Oblongleaf Snakeherb