Ehrendorferia

Ehrendorferia
	Ehrendorferia chrysantha (type species)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Subfamily:	Fumarioideae
Tribe:	Fumarieae
Subtribe:	Corydalinae
Genus:	Ehrendorferia; T. Fukuhara & Lidén
Synonyms
	Dicentra subg. Chrysocapnos

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Ehrendorferia (eardrops) is a genus of two species of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants native to wildfire-prone areas of California and the Baja California peninsula. It was named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday.^[1]

Species

There are two species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Ehrendorferia chrysantha (W. J. Hooker & G. Arnott) J. Rylander	Golden Eardrops	California, and in Baja California.
	Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (G. Engelmann) T. Fukuhara	white eardrops or yellow bleeding-heart	California (Peninsular, Transverse, and southern Coast Ranges) and in Baja California.

References

^ Magnus Lidén; Tatsundo Fukuhara; Johan Rylander; Bengt Oxelman (1997). "Phylogeny and classification of Fumariaceae, with emphasis on Dicentra s. l., based on the plastid gene rps16 intron". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 206 (1–4): 411–420. Bibcode:1997PSyEv.206..411L. doi:10.1007/BF00987960.

External links

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Data related to Ehrendorferia at Wikispecies

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[1] Magnus Lidén; Tatsundo Fukuhara; Johan Rylander; Bengt Oxelman (1997). "Phylogeny and classification of Fumariaceae, with emphasis on Dicentra s. l., based on the plastid gene rps16 intron". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 206 (1–4): 411–420. Bibcode:1997PSyEv.206..411L. doi:10.1007/BF00987960.

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