| Display parents | 2 |
|---|---|
| Genus | Warnockia |
| Parent authority | M.W. Turner |
| Species | scutellarioides |
| Authority | (Engelm. & Gray) M.W. Turner |
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Warnockia is a genus from the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1996. It contains only one known species, Warnockia scutellarioides, the prairie brazosmint, native to the south-central United States (Texas and Oklahoma) and northern Mexico (Coahuila).[1][2]
Etymology
The genus name honors Barton Warnock, a 20th-century Texan botanist.
The specific epithet scutellarioides (suffixed with -oides) means "Scutellaria-like", referring to a resemblance to another genus in the Lamiaceae.[3]
It was also called the prairie brazoria, as it was formerly placed in the genus Brazoria.[3]
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America, 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Amanda Neill (ed.) (2005). A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains. TCU Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-87565-309-9. OCLC 1162417755
