Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Triodanis Raf.
VENUS' LOOKING-GLASS
If the circumscription of Campanula is broadened, Triodanis would likely be included within Campanula (Roquet et al. 2008; Crowl et al. 2014).

Classification

ASTERALES
Triodanis

Citation

TRIODANIS Rafinesque, New Fl. 4: 67. 1838 ("1836").
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TYPE: Triodanis rupestris Rafinesque Lectotypified by McVaugh, Wrightia 1: 23. 1945.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Triodanis biflora SMALL VENUS' LOOKING-GLASS Native
Triodanis perfoliata CLASPING VENUS' LOOKING-GLASS Native FACU (NWPL)

[Family identification key]

1.  Leaves longer than wide, becoming ovate to narrowly lanceolate below the flowers; open chasmogamous flowers 1-2 at the stem apex (the closed cleistogamous flowers below these in the inflorescence); pores of the capsule near the apex
1.  Leaves as wide as or wider than long, generally semi-orbicular below the flowers; open chasmogamous flowers more than 2 at the stem apex (the closed cleistogamous flowers below these in the inflorescence); pores of the capsule near or below the middle

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Campylocera Campylocera Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 8: 257. 1843. TYPE: Campylocera leptocarpa Nuttall
Dysmicodon Dysmicodon (Endlicher) Nuttall, Tran. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 8: 255. 1843. BASIONYM: Specularia Heister ex Alph. de Candolle, sect. Dysmicodon Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 518. 1838. TYPE: Non designatus.