Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Mentzelia L.
BLAZINGSTAR
Classification
CORNALES
Mentzelia
Citation
MENTZELIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 516. 1753.
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TYPE: Mentzelia aspera Linnaeus
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Mentzelia floridana POORMAN'S PATCH; STICKLEAF Native
Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Acrolasia Acrolasia C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 39, t. 55. 1831. TYPE: Acrolasia bartonioides C. Presl
Bartonia Bartonia Pursh ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 35: t. 1487. 1812, non Muhlenberg ex Willdenow 1801. TYPE: Bartonia decapetala Pursh ex Sims = Nuttallia Rafinesque 1817.
Bicuspidaria Bicuspidaria (S. Watson) Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 275. 1903. BASIONYM: Mentzelia Linnaeus, sect. Bicuspidaria S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 367. 1885. TYPE: Bicuspidaria tricuspis (A. Gray) Rydberg (Mentzelia tricuspis A. Gray)
Chrysostoma Chrysostoma Lilja, Fl. Sv. Odl. Vext., Suppl. 33. 1840. TYPE: Chrysostoma aurea (Lindley) Lilja (Bartonia aurea Lindley) = Creolobus Lilja 1839.
Creolobus Creolobus Lilja, Fl. Sv. Odl. Vext. 67. 1839. TYPE: Creolobus aureus (Lindley) Lilja (Bartonia aurea Lindley)
Hesperaster Hesperaster Cockerell, Torreya 1: 142. 1901. TYPE: = Nuttallia Rafinesque 1817.
Nuttallia Nuttallia Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 358. 1817. TYPE: Nuttallia decapetala (Pursh ex Sims) Rafinesque (Bartonia decapetala Pursh ex Sims) Substitute name for Bartonia Pursh ex Sims 1812, non Muhlenberg ex Willdenow 1801.
Torreya Torreya Eaton, Man. Bot., ed. 5. 420. 1829, non Rafinesque 1818 (nom. rej.), nec Sprengel 1820, nec Arnott 1838 (nom. cons.). TYPE: = Nuttallia Rafinesque 1817.
Touterea Touterea Eaton & J. Wright, Man. Bot., ed. 8. 63, 454. 1840. TYPE: Non designatus.