PLANTS Profile for Platystemon californicus (creamcups)

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PLANTS Profile

Platystemon californicus Benth.
creamcups

Symbol:

PLCA5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Papaveraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Platystemon californicus Benth.

Margaret Williams. Courtesy of Nevada Native Plant Society. ©Nevada Native Plant Society. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Platystemon californicus Benth.

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Synonyms:
Platystemon californicus Benth.

	PLAR5	Platystemon arizonicus Greene
	PLCAC	Platystemon californicus Benth. var. ciliatus Dunkle
	PLCAC2	Platystemon californicus Benth. var. crinitus Greene
	PLCAH	Platystemon californicus Benth. var. horridulus (Greene) Jeps.
	PLCAN	Platystemon californicus Benth. var. nutans Brandegee
	PLCAO	Platystemon californicus Benth. var. ornithopus (Greene) Munz
	PLCO8	Platystemon confinis Greene
	PLMO2	Platystemon mohavensis Greene

Distribution:
Platystemon californicus Benth.


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USA (AZ, CA, DC, OR, UT)

Related Taxa:
Platystemon californicus Benth.

View 19 genera in Papaveraceae, 1 species in Platystemon

Classification:
Platystemon californicus Benth.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Papaverales
Family	Papaveraceae – Poppy family
Genus	Platystemon Benth. – creamcups
Species	Platystemon californicus Benth. – creamcups

More Accounts and Images:
Platystemon californicus Benth.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18983.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:51 AM CDT