Phemeranthus
Encyclopedia
Phemeranthus is a genus of flowering plant
s in the miner's lettuce
family, Montiaceae
. It is sometimes placed in Portulacaceae
. The name is derived from the Greek
words εφήμερος (ephemeros), meaning "living for one day," and ἄνθος (anthos), meaning "flower."
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 miner's lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
Claytonia perfoliata is a fleshy annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America from southernmost Alaska and central British Columbia south to Central America, but most common in California in the Sacramento and northern San...
family, Montiaceae
Montiaceae
Montiaceae is a family of flowering plants, comprising about 14 genera with some 500 species, ranging from herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution....
. It is sometimes placed in Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 20 genera with about 500 species, ranging from herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family; it has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest diversity...
. The name is derived from the Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
words εφήμερος (ephemeros), meaning "living for one day," and ἄνθος (anthos), meaning "flower."
Selected species
- Phemeranthus aurantiacus (Engelm.) Kiger – Orange Fameflower
- Phemeranthus brevicaulis (S.Watson) Kiger – Dwarf Fameflower
- Phemeranthus brevifolius (Torr.) Hershk. – Pygmy Fameflower
- Phemeranthus calcaricus (Ware) Kiger – Limestone Fameflower
- Phemeranthus calycinus (Engelm.) Kiger – Largeflower Fameflower
- Phemeranthus confertiflorus (Greene) Hershk. – New Mexico Fameflower
- Phemeranthus humilis (Greene) Kiger – Pinos Altos Fameflower
- Phemeranthus longipes (Woot. & Standl.) Kiger – Pink Fameflower
- Phemeranthus marginatus (Greene) Kiger – Tepic Fameflower
- Phemeranthus mengesii (W.Wolf) Kiger – Menges' Fameflower
- Phemeranthus parviflorus (Nutt.) Kiger – Sunbright
- Phemeranthus rugospermus (Holz.) Kiger – Prairie Fameflower
- Phemeranthus sediformis (Poelln.) Kiger – Okanogan Fameflower
- Phemeranthus spinescens (Torr.) Hershk. – Spiny Fameflower
- Phemeranthus teretifolius (Pursh) Raf. – Quill Fameflower
- Phemeranthus thompsonii (N.D.Atwood & S.L.Welsh) Kiger – Cedar Mountain Fameflower
- Phemeranthus validulus (Greene) Kiger – Tusayan Fameflower